Rules Governing the Use of the River Falls Public Library
The following actions are prohibited on library
property:
- Annoying, harassing, or threatening another
person
- Physical, sexual or verbal abuse of other library
users or of library staff
- Carrying weapons of any type unless authorized by
law
- Stealing, defacing, or destroying of library
property
- Interfering with free passage of others
- Behaving in a disorderly, loud, or disruptive
manner
- Playing audio equipment loudly enough to disturb
others
- Soliciting/selling/campaigning
- Interfering with others’ use of the library
through poor personal hygiene
- Leaving young children or vulnerable adults
unsupervised or unattended
- Bringing animals or vehicles into the library
except as required for young children or persons with disabilities
- Skateboarding/roller-blading
- Remaining inside the library when it is not open
to the public
Library Staff shall:
- Detain any individual who intentionally takes and
carries away, transfers, conceals, or retains possession of any
library material beyond the last station for borrowing
- Request identification when applying for a
library card
- Restrict the length of time an individual may use
library equipment when others are waiting to use it
