Confidentiality of Circulation Records
Based on the powers vested in the Board of Trustees of the Union County Library System in the
Mississippi Code and pursuant to the recommendations of the Council of the American Library
Association and the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Library Association, the Union County
Library System adopts the following policy on the confidentiality of library records:
The Union County Library System specifically recognizes that its circulation records and other
records identifying users with specific materials are confidential in nature. No such records shall
be made available to any agency of state, federal or local government, or to any individual not
specifically authorized by the Librarian for legitimate business purposes, except pursuant to
such process, order, or subpoena as may be authorized under the authority of, and pursuant to,
federal, state and local law relating to criminal, civil or administrative discovery procedures or
legislative investigative power.
Upon receipt of such process, order or subpoena, the library’s officers will consult with their legal
counsel to determine if such process, order or subpoena is a proper form and if there is a
showing of good for its issuance in a court of competent jurisdiction. If the process, order, or
subpoena is not in proper form or if good cause has not been shown, the library will insist that
such defects be cured.
The library recognizes the fact that users have varying backgrounds, tastes, and reading ability.
Since the public library is maintained for all people, no attempt is made to govern, in any way,
the selection made by its patrons. In the case of minors, the responsibility for the individual child’
s reading material belongs to the parent.