Hi Karren,

At TADL we decided to add it to our policy instead of worrying about keeping a zillion forms and worrying about minors checking out items since they legally can not sign a document. When you get a card you agree to all the policies including the liability. Here's the link to the general Circ Policies and Library of Things Policy. All are vetted by our lawyer.

Additionally, we removed any age requirement for any Thing (previously laptops and hotspots only circulated to 18+ years old ) because I thought it could possibly be used against us with patrons asking for certain books/movies/music being circulated by age since we did it for Things.

Not sure this will work for everyone but it's what we do.

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 4:26 PM Reish, Karren (MDE) via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:

Does anyone have a sample of a form a patron would sign acknowledging what is in a kit or collection being checked out and the liability limitations? Thanks for any information you may have.

Karren Reish

Library Grants Coordinator

Library of Michigan

517-241-0021, www.michigan.gov/lsta

Michigan’s Top 10 Strategic Education Plan provides focused direction to drive educational achievement in support of all learners.

_______________________________________________
Michlib-l mailing list
Michlib-l@mcls.org
https://mail3.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l