Ethics

Recently, a page at the library made some comments that were less than flattering about how the local town was handling a new subdivision.

What would it look like if a Public Library hired a part-time social worker to help patrons deal with some of their everyday life issues that may come up while visiting the library?

Within the context of recent regional school book challenges, much of the attention has been focused on print collections.

A school district public library is considering installing closed-circuit cameras and thinking of enabling sound recordings, too.

Recently, Zoom introduced new AI features and updated their terms of service agreement, indicating that any user data can be used to train their AI products (TOS 10.4: 

[NOTE: We didn't get this as a submission to "Ask the Lawyer", but we wish we had...]

Periodically, our library receives handwritten requests for information from individuals who are incarcerated at prisons and correctional facilities around the country.

This is an issue that's come up in recent conversation.

Local police walked through our Library earlier today with no explanation. Later on, we noticed 2 teens on premises, who we assume should have been in school.

Recently a question has come up at our academic library concerning patron privacy and the notification to a patron (usually a student) concerning excessive downloading of content from da