4. Community Library Code of Conduct & Meeting Facilities Specifications:
The purpose of the Community Library is to provide open public access to all of the Library’s written, recorded, filmed, and electronic resources and to its informational and cultural services. The Association for Historical Dialogue and Research / Home for Cooperation - Community Library and its staff are committed to providing a peaceful atmosphere in which to carry out this purpose.
The aforementioned commitment can only be fully achieved if users of the Library respect the rights of all other users and cooperate with the Home for Cooperation staff in charge of the library. This general statement underlies the more specific provisions of the Library’s Code of Conduct & Meeting Facilities Specifications which are set forth below:
- The users should not interfere with the functioning of the Library or disturb others with excess noise and extreme behaviours.
- No Library property can be misused, damaged or defaced.
- No Library property can be removed out of the Home for Cooperation without the staff’s knowledge.
- Children under the age of seven, for their safety and well-being, must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
- Animals, other than those trained to assist disabled users or approved as participants in designated Library programs, are not permitted in The Home Café where the library facility is located.
“Meeting Facilities” shall include the workshop room, the conference room and The Home Café as well as any other enclosed areas the director may, from time to time, designate as meeting facilities.
The Meeting Facilitates of the Community Library shall be available to the users under the following conditions:
- The rooms and any designated meeting areas are under the responsibility of the users as well as the Home for Cooperation staff.
- The rooms or any designated meeting area should be left as it is provided to the use as clean and non-damaged. In case of loss or damage, users are required to compensate.
- The technical equipment provided for any library-oriented activity or screening should be used with care. In case of any technical problem, users must ask for the support of the staff. The Home for Cooperation may provide a caretaker to the users upon request.
- In the rooms and any designated meeting area, food & drink is allowed as long as the second condition is fulfilled.
- The rooms and any designated meeting area should be left on time –particularly if there is any other activity in the same place following.