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Tuscarawas County Public Library
New Philadelphia OH

  1. Loud talking, profane language, and any behavior annoying to others is not permitted in the library;
  2. Persons using computers in the library may not send, receive or display text or graphics which may reasonably be construed as obscene.
  3. There is to be no eating, drinking, smoking, nor any use of snuff or chewing tobacco in the library;
  4. Alcoholic beverages and illegal drugs are prohibited on library property.
  5. No one is to run inside the library;
  6. There is to be no loitering in entry areas, on the stairs, or around the rest rooms;
  7. No one except authorized staff may play audible music or other recordings in the library;
  8. Writing on, cutting, or in any way defacing furniture, books or any other library property is prohibited. Persons responsible for such defacement will have to pay for needed repairs or replacement;
  9. No one except authorized staff is to enter closed–off areas at any time. This includes any areas under construction.

Persons violating this code of conduct will be required to leave the library.

Adopted August 17, 1989
Amended September 12, 1996
Board of Library Trustees

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Revised: 06/05

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