Policies
These policies explain and govern how the library operates. They are reviewed on a regular basis by the Board of Trustees and updated as needed. If you have questions about a policy, get in touch.
- Library card registration policy
Who can get a library card and how to get one - Circulation and library fee policy
Checkout, hold, and renewal limits, plus fees for lost or damaged items and other library fees - Technology policy
Guidelines for using computers, internet, and other technology at the library - Privacy policy
How we handle the information we collect from you when you use the library - Courteous conduct policy
Expectations for everyone who visits the library - Group visit policy
Guidelines for visits by schools and other groups - Unattended child policy
Requirements for the supervision of children during library visits - Large meeting room and study room policy
Guidelines for using our bookable meeting and study rooms - Main Library large meeting room and study room policy
Guidelines for using our bookable meeting and study rooms at Main Library - Recording Studio policy
Guidelines for using our Recording Studio - Sensory room policy
Guidelines for using our sensory rooms - Filming and photography policy
- Resources selection policy
Our criteria for choosing books and other items for our collections - Interlibrary loan policy
Guidelines for requesting items that Durham County Library doesn’t own - Gift policy
Our guidelines for accepting and handling gifts to Durham County Library (this doesn’t include gifts to the Durham Library Foundation or the Friends of the Durham Library) - Community information policy
Guidelines for posting on community bulletin boards and distributing free publications within the library - Public art acquisition and exhibit policy
- Public library facilities naming policy
The process for how spaces in the library get named - Co-sponsored programs and exhibits policy
Guidelines for requests to present a library-sponsored program