[OPLINLIST] Meeting room policy stipulation

[Susan Banks]

Greetings from an out-of-state interloper, Oplinlanders --

Has anyone out there come up with a specific statement in their meeting=
 room policy that covers denying (or at least controlling) "educational"=
 programs provided by local businesses (like financial planning, health=
 matters, etc.)?  Our current policy has the usual restrictions on "sale or=
 promotion of products or services," and "library purposes first" but=
 that's just not doing the job because they insist that their workshops are=
 purely educational and the date's open and...  And we all know, once you=
 let one company do financial planning workshops... Katie, bar the door. =


I'm wondering if anyone requires any group wanting to do "educational"=
 programming to submit it for consideration for presentation only under the=
 auspices of the library?  That would seem to cover that issue of "whose=
 program is it anyway?" too and let the Adult and Children's Services folks=
 make the final call. Even when you state that they musn't use the=
 library's name in their publicity, it still looks to most folks like a=
 Library program.  And it would be easy to say, "sorry, we've already=
 presented our eighteen 'planning for college' workshops this year..."

Any input would be gratefully accepted. =


Yes, Jay Burton, I looked at all the policies on the SLO website.  =


The late of Ohio, now of Kentucky
(y'all come down to visit!)
Sue





Susan Banks, MLIS
Branch Librarian
Erlanger Branch
Kenton County Public Library
401 Kenton Lands Rd.
Erlanger, KY 41018
859-962-4001
Fax: 859-962-4010