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The library's legal answers for meeting rooms and displays /
Grounded in the authors' expert guidance, this e-book will give your staff the knowledge they need to keep your library out of messy legal problems.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
ALA Editions,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Libraries and Categories of Public Forum
- Type of Library Matters
- Q1: Are all library meeting rooms and display areas protected by the First Amendment?
- Spaces in Public Institutions that are Off Limits to the Public
- Q2: Must all library meeting rooms and display areas in public institutions be open to all users?
- Q3: If my meeting room or display area is open to the public, is it a "public forum"?
- Nonpublic Forum: The Library's Technical Services Areas and Offices
- Q4: What types of speech are protected in the library meeting rooms and display areas that are considered "public forums"?
- Speech Content Regulations
- Q5: May the library close off public use of a space to deal with controversial issues?
- Q6: If the library does not choose to close the space, how should it treat displays or meetings that concern controversial issues?
- Q7: How should the library treat displays or meetings that concern religious issues?
- Q8: Is there a difference between meetings that have religious content and meetings that actually conduct religious services?
- Q9: Isn't there a conflict between church and state?
- Q10: How should the library treat displays or meetings that concern political issues?
- Q11: How should the library treat displays or meetings that use hate speech?
- Q12: Can you give an example of a library that allowed a hate speech group to use its facilities?
- Q13: May a library demand extra fees or deposits for security expenses if a speaker is expected to draw an angry crowd?
- Q14: I don't understand. Surely you don't mean that I must allow a group into the library that is threatening my patrons?
- Q15: So the library does not have to put up with "fighting words"?
- Q16: What if the group is inciting a riot?
- Q17: How should the library treat displays or meetings that concern sexual issues?
- Case Study: Manhasset Public Library
- Q18: May the library prohibit birthday parties, weddings, and other private events?
- Q19: Are there any situations in which the library can stop a program or a display if it is really, really upsetting to patrons and staff?
- Speech Regulations: Content-Neutral
- Q20: Our policy limits the amount of time for which a group can reserve the meeting room or display space. Is that okay?
- Meeting Rooms: Special Considerations
- Q21: I see a big difference between hate speech spewed forth live in a meeting room and hate speech quietly sitting on a giveaway rack. Does the law see a big difference, too?
- Q22: What if the meeting gets out of hand-too loud, or worse?
- Q23: What if the group has discriminatory policies?
- Library Sponsored Meetings and Displays
- Q24: A librarian creates a display. A colleague disagrees with the inclusion of a book in the display. Both people are professionals. No one is requesting that the book be removed from the library. The director is brought in. Is there law governing this?
- Leafletting and solicitation
- Q25: Does the public have the right to leaflet, picket, or solicit funds inside or outside library spaces?
- Professional Guidance
- Q26: What guidance does the American Library Association offer on these issues?
- Appendix: Cases Concerning or Relating to Libraries, Meeting Rooms, and Exhibit Spaces.