General Usage
Taylor County Public Library offers Internet access to any library visitor under the following provisions:
- Users must have a Taylor County Public Library account in good standing (fines of $5 or less and no overdue items) to use a computer. Exceptions will be made for out-of-town visitors on a case-by-case basis.
- Usage is limited to one 2-hour session per day. Multiple sessions will be permitted under special circumstances.
- If longer than two hours is needed for serious computer work such as job applications, testing, etc., notify library staff 10 minutes prior to end of session, and an extension of the 2-hour session may be granted.
- Parents or guardians, not the library or its staff, are responsible for the Internet information selected &/or used by their children.
- Patrons’ sessions may be monitored by library staff and can be terminated for any violation of the computer usage policy.
- Taylor County Public Library is not responsible for information that you may find offensive or inappropriate.
Public use computers will be shut down for the day 15 minutes before close of business.
Patrons may not use the Internet for any unethical or illegal activity, included but not limited to:
- Transmitting, receiving, or displaying of pornographic materials.
- Use of harassing or obscene communications.
- User must respect the legal protections of data, software, copyright, and license laws.
- Users may not use the library’s computers to make unauthorized entry into any other computer network or database.
- Users are not permitted to delete, add to, or modify the library’s installed hardware or software.
- Users are not allowed to perform nay operation that would threaten library computers’ security.
Due to the evolving nature of the Internet/computer, service policies are subject to change without notice and at the library’s discretion. The library reserves the right to terminate a patron’s access to the Internet/computer for any violation of our current Internet Access Policy.
Usage by Minors
In accordance with Children’s Internet Protection Act and Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, library computers are equipped with blocking and filtering software designed to restrict minors’ access to materials that are obscene, pornographic, or may be harmful to them.
- Children under the age of 12 may use public computers only in the presence of an accompanying adult.
- Minors 12 years and older may use the computers without an adult present only if prior written permission has been granted by a parent or guardian.