Effective February 1, 2025
The North Shelby Library Collection Development Policy for the Safeguarding of Minors states, “The North Shelby Library District will offer a restricted Juvenile library card for patrons under 18 years of age. This card will be issued to all juvenile patrons. The restricted Juvenile Library card will only be authorized to check out materials from the Children’s and Teen departments of the library and will not be authorized to check out materials from the adult department. The library card functions by alerting librarians and staff that the holder is a juvenile. Librarians and staff will then ensure that no materials from adult (18+) collections or parental guidance are released to the minor. If a parent is concerned that adult materials have been checked out on a restricted Juvenile card, they may contact the Library Director for more information.
A parent or legal guardian wishing to provide unrestricted access may request an all-departments juvenile card for their minor child. If a parent or legal guardian wants to convert a restricted juvenile card to an all-departments juvenile card for their minor child, they must come to the library and present photo ID as the parent or legal guardian of the minor child, then complete an application and sign an authorization form agreeing to give their minor child authorization to check out materials from the adult department and parental guidance. The parent or legal guardian must also be a library-card holder at North Shelby Library, either as a resident or through a paid membership. All juvenile library cards will be subject to the Standard Registration Rules outlined in section 4 (4.01) of the NSL Policy Manual.”