[Publib] RE: checkout by minors of R rated movies.dvd

[Judy Anderson]

I'm curious how you respond when they ask why  DVDs/Videos any different 
from books. For responsibility or checking out purposes.

I thought the ALA was against refusing to check out videos based on the 
ratings.

Judy Anderson
Oregon
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>From: "Hollis McCright" <hollise at hotmail.com>
>To: "Public lib" <publib at webjunction.org>
>Subject: [Publib] RE:  checkout by minors of R rated movies.dvd
>Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:20:14 +0000
>
>Our policy states that only adults may check out videos/dvds.  We presented 
>it as a responsibility issue.  Persons under the age of 17 are not 
>"responsible" for lost/damage items - their parental unit is.
>
>Usual disclaimers - we are a smallish library with about 67,000 items in 
>collection and about 2000 items in vhs and dvd.
>
>
>Hollis McCright, Director
>Howard County Library
>500 S. Main St.
>Big Spring TX 79720
>
>432-264-2260 office
>432-264-2263 fax
>
>hollise at hotmail.com
>

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