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Library Policies : Personnel Policy

Writing library policies and procedures is an important task, but is often at the bottom of a busy library board's to-do list. This guide is designed to provide some sample policies, along with resources to make the process a little faster and easier. Thi

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2022 Trustee Training: Personnel Policy slideshow Personnel Policy Checklist Sample Personnel Policy
Benefits of a Personnel Policy Kansas and Federal Labor Law Posters What Not to Ask in an Interview
Library Incident Report Form
Use of Technology and Equipment by Library Staff
Social Media Use Policies

2022 Trustee Training: Personnel Policy

Trustee Training: Personnel Policy (pdf of slideshow)

Trustee Training: Personnel Policy (Archive of webinar)

Benefits of a Personnel Policy

Library Incident Report Form

Incident Report Best Practices (University of Wisconsin Madison)
Library Incident Report Form (Download and Customize)

Sample Personnel Policy

Sample Personnel Policy

After download, you can customize this sample policy to fit your library's needs. Highlighted text, in particular, must be customized with the library name, for example. 

Kansas and Federal Labor Law Posters

Use of Technology Equipment by Library Staff

Personnel Policy Checklist

Personnel Policy Checklist

This is a checklist of "must have" sections in the library's personnel policy.

What NOT to Ask in an Interview

Social Media

Internal Social Media Use for Library (Employee Handbook)
Grand County (CO) Library District
Social Media Use Policy
South Carolina State Library
Social Media Policy
Hubbard Memorial Library (Ludlow, MA)
Social Medial Policy Example
Webjunction
Social Medial Policy
Omaha Public Library (NE)