[OPLINLIST] After hours policies

[Karen Jensen]

Hi Sheena,
 
I really do recommend that you have parents/guardians and teens sign permission slips since this is an activity outside of normal business hours and there are some unique situations that may occur.
 
One of the things you will want to make sure and address is teens leaving the building any time during the night.  Most libraries will have on their permission slip something saying that any teen leaving can not be re-admitted into the after hours event.  The primary purpose of this is that you don't want teens using your event as cover to go out and do any untoward activities.  If you are having younger teens that don't drive themselves, you may also want to address who can pick them up to help prevent younger teens leaving with a friend.
 
The other information you will want to address is what to do in the case of an emergency and getting permission to have teens transported to a hospital should it be necessary.
 
A co-worker of mine recently wrote a blog post about lock-ins and I know she is getting ready to have one so if you contact her, she will probably give you a copy of her permission slip.  The blog post is here and I believe it has her e-mail address. http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2012/08/announcing-sunnydale-project-sept-1-oct.html
 
Thank you,
Karen

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 From: Sheena Striker <sstriker at mljlibrary.org>
To: Oplinlist at oplin.org 
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 9:08 AM
Subject: [OPLINLIST] After hours policies
  


Hi everyone,
First off thanks to all who responded to my Christmas program request. I have another. We are doing a haunted library in October and are wanting to do it after hours. It will be for teens 12-17. Does your library require any kind of permission slips or waivers for teens to be in the library after hours. We will have staff here obviously but were unsure how everyone handles doing things after hours since this is the first time we've done anything like this. Please send me any info you have! Thanks, Sheena
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Sheena Striker
Adult Programming Coordinator
MLJ-Hardin County Library
419-673-2278
sstriker at mljlibrary.org

 
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