We are a school district public library. We own our property. We recently obtained a construction grant and are eager to get our project moving! We have been told we don’t have to get a building permit from our town because we are a school district public library. Is that true? It would be great to not have to worry about a permit.

Our public library has been told by patrons that another patron is following up on interactions at the library, including at the circulation desk, by showing up at the reporting patrons’ homes. Such behavior, if harassing, is against our Code of Conduct. Does our library risk legal liability for this?

Academic libraries need to make the most of their budgets for subscription services. We also want to advance librarian-aligned priorities like fair use, accessibility, authors’ rights, user privacy, and data security. Can you provide guidance on how academic and research libraries can resist contracts with non-disclosure clauses and other conditions that can work against these priorities?

Is the library at risk if a teen patron volunteers to share contents of a cell phone?