
Library Policies & Guiding Principles
Mission Statement
We are the community’s bridge to exploration, engagement, and enjoyment.
Approved by the Library Trustees, 2019
Strategic Plan
Read the Library’s Strategic Plan 2020-2025 to see the values that shape our services and our goals for the future.
Library Policies
Section I: Personnel
- 1.0 Please contact Library Administration 978-256-5521 x1100 for staffing information
- 1.1 Bylaws Of The Library Trustees Of Chelmsford 2015 [pdf]
Section II: Library Services
- 2.0 Library Purposes and Objectives
- 2.1 Public Service Policy
- 2.2 Circulation Policies
- 2.3 Patron Information Policy
- 2.4 Interlibrary Loan / Network Transfers
- 2.5 Use of the Library
- 2.5-1 Appropriate Library Behavior
- 2.6 Children’s Services
- 2.6-1 Unattended or Disruptive Children Policy
- 2.7 Reference Service
- 2.8 Computer Use Policy
- 2.9 Internet Policy
- 2.9-1 Hyperlink Policy
- 2.10 Home Bound Service
- 2.11 Meeting Room Policies, Procedure
- 2.12 Photography and Filming
- 2.13 Publicity in Library Facilities
- 2.14 Art Exhibit Policy
- 2.16 Group Visits
- 2.17 Lost & Found Policy
- 2.18 Library Sponsored or Co-Sponsored Programs Policy
- 2.19 Patron Privacy and Data Retention
- 2.20 Security Camera Policy
- 2.21 Pandemic Policy
SECTION III: LIBRARY BUILDINGS / EMERGENCIES
- 3.1 Accidents / Incidents
- 3.2 Storm Procedures / Closing
- 3.3 Telecommunications Guidelines
- 3.4 Emergency Evacuation
- 3.5 Safety at Closing Policy
- 3.6 Public Assembly Practices
- 3.7 Person in Charge
- 3.8 Paging System Guidelines
SECTION IV: COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
- 4.1 Collection Development
- 4.2 Gifts and Donations
- 4.3 Acquisitions
APPENDIX
- ALA Freedom to Read Statement
- ALA Code of Ethics
- ALA Library Bill of Rights
- Materials Reconsideration Request Form [pdf]
- Access to Electronic Information, Services, and Networks: An Interpretation of The Library Bill of Rights
- Patron Circulation and Catalog Data Privacy Policy, from the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium