Library Employees Code of Ethics

Library employees significantly influence or control the selection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information.

In a political system grounded in an informed citizenry, library employees are explicitly committed to intellectual freedom and the freedom of access to information.  We have a special obligation to ensure the free flow of information and ideas to present and future generations.

As an employee of the Jasper County Public Library, I will:

• Provide prompt, accurate and friendly service
• Treat all library users with equal respect and consideration
• Consider every question valid
• Provide information expressing various viewpoints
• Be committed to intellectual freedom, encouraging the exchange of ideas and information and resisting all efforts to censor library resources.
• Foster and support teamwork, cooperation and involvement to all levels of the organization.
• Treat my co-workers with respect and honesty and work as a team with the Library Board in support of the library’s goals.
• Respect and protect the privacy of library patrons to the fullest extent permissible by law.
• Distinguish clearly, in my actions and statements, between my personal philosophy and attitudes and those of my Library.
• Avoid situations in which personal interests might be served or financial benefits gained at the expense of library users, colleagues, or my Library.

2/95; revised 2/13