Policies

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The San Francisco Public Library system is dedicated to free and equal access to information, knowledge, independent learning and the joys of reading for our diverse community.

San Francisco Public Library Policies

• Commission: Accessibility | Minutes | Recording | Recognition
• Services: Library Bill of Rights | Library Use | Exhibitions | Patron Records | Holidays | Internet Use | Privacy
• Community Relations: Citizens Advisory
• Administration: Record Retention | Development | Grants
• Personnel: Persons with Disablities | Language Diversity
• Facilities: Naming | Gift Recognition | Donor Recognition Standards | Postings | Meeting Rooms
• Business Operations: Gifts/Donations

San Francisco City and County Policy

• Discriminatory or Harassing Remarks Made at Public Meetings of City Boards and Commissions (PDF 125K)

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100. Library Commission

• Accessible Meeting (PDF 180K) [Policy #102 Adopted: April 1995; revised March 2012]
• Official Minutes [Policy # 103 Adopted: September 1997] (PDF 113K)
• Recording Meetings [Policy #104 Adopted: May 1999] (PDF 81K)
• Recognition by the Library Commission [Policy # 105 Adopted: September 21, 2006] (PDF 20K)

200. Library Services 

• Library Bill of Rights [Policy #200 Adopted: January 1998] (PDF 120K)
• Guidelines For Library Use [Policy #201 Adopted: August 1983 Revised: December 1990, August 2001, August 2007]
• Exhibitions (PDF 107K) [Policy #203 Adopted: March 1996]
• Patron Records [Policy # 204 Adopted. April 1970] (PDF 89K)
• Holiday Closure [Policy #205 Adopted: November 1985 Revised: February 2003] (PDF 95K)
• Internet Use (PDF 172K) [Policy #206 Adopted: December 1998]
• Privacy (PDF 305K) [Policy #207 Adopted: June 17, 2004]
• Appendix A - F (PDF 911K) (Appendix E: USA Patriot Act [Resolution #53-03 Adopted January 2003])

300. Community Relations

• Library Support Group [Policy #301 Adopted: October 1991] (PDF 274K)

400. Administration

• Records Retention and Destruction [Policy #401 Adopted: May 1998 Revised: September 2002] (PDF 479K)
• Development [Policy #402 Adopted January 1990] (PDF 115K)
• Grants [Policy # 403 Adopted: December 1997] (PDF 69K)

500. Personnel

• Employment of Persons with Disabilities [Policy # 505 Adopted: December 1995] (PDF 145K)
• Language Diversity [Policy #506 Adopted: November 1989] (PDF 198K)

600. Facilities

• Library Facilities Naming [Policy #601 Adopted: June 1996 Revised: June 2002] (PDF 27K)
• Gift Recognition [Policy #602 Adopted: March 21, 2002 Revised July 20, 2006] (PDF 76K)
• Branch Library Donor Recognition Stantards [July 2006] (PDF 1.7M)
• Posting and Distributing Posters and Pamphlets [Policy #605 Adopted: September 1962] (PDF 74K)

700. Business Operations

• Gifts [Policy #701 Adopted: July 1989] (PDF 73K)
• Facilities: Meeting Room (PDF 249K) [Policy #702 Adopted: July 1996]

Current Commissioners

• Jewelle Gomez, President
• A. Lee Munson, Vice-President
• John Lee, Commissioner
• Susan Mall, Commissioner
• Michael Nguyen, Commissioner
• Teresa Ono, Commissioner
• Lorna Randlett, Commissioner

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