Posting, Exhibit and Display Policy
Postings, exhibits and displays must comply with Washoe County Code 80.520 governing solicitation on County property, will be placed in predetermined areas in the Library, and must be approved by Library Administration, the Managing Librarian or other authorized Library staff. The Library will designate public posting, exhibiting and display areas within the facility, and will establish size and time limits for any posting, exhibit or display. In accordance with NRS 241, the Library will confirm that agendas or other documents subject to Open Meeting Law requirements have been posted; otherwise, the Library does not acknowledge that any particular posting has been received, displayed or removed.
Any individual or group requesting to post or display material(s) must provide the material(s) or, in the case of an exhibit, a representative sample, to the Library in which it is requested to be posted, exhibited or displayed. Posted, exhibited or displayed work will be consistent with the samples provided.
Preference will be given to the Library, Library support groups and government agencies, in that order. As space permits, announcements of events of tax-supported or non-profit educational, cultural and charitable organizations will be posted. Except as permitted by the Library pursuant to applicable law, space for commercial advertising and/or solicitations will not be provided.
Acceptance or rejection of material for posting, exhibit or display does not imply approval or disapproval by the Library of the ideas or opinions expressed. The Library does not assume responsibility or liability for material(s) posted, exhibited or displayed in Library facilities. The Library reserves the right to refuse to post, exhibit or display specific materials and the right to remove posted, exhibited or displayed material(s). Material(s) left for Library consideration for posting will not be returned, and the Library will dispose of all material(s) as it sees fit. In the case of exhibits and displays, prior arrangements will be made between authorized Library staff and the exhibitor/displayer.
All postings, exhibits and displays shall be temporary. All postings shall be marked “Approved for Posting” and dated. The “Approved for Posting” notation means only that the person responsible for the material has obtained the Library’s permission to post the material, not that the Library necessarily agrees with, endorses, approves or otherwise supports the contents of the material posted. If the Library declines a posting, exhibit or display, the representatives have the right to appeal the decision to the Library Director or his/her designee. If Library Administration denies an appeal, a subsequent appeal may be taken to the Library Board of Trustees.
The Washoe County Library Board of Trustees approves and adopts the ALA statement “Exhibit Spaces and Bulletin Boards: an Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights,” adopted July 2, 1991 and amended June 30, 2004, and July 1, 2014 by the ALA Council.
APPROVED: February 21, 2007
REVISED: June 20, 2012
REVISED: July 16, 2015
REVISED: September 20, 2018