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Access To Materials Policy (includes Children's and Local History and Archives)
Access to Local History and Archives is limited to students in grade seven (7) or over. For students under grade seven (7), access is at the discretion of the Department Manager.
Library customers of all ages shall have open access to all the Library’s collections except Local History and Archives Department materials, talking books, "R" DVDs as rated by the Theatres Section of the Ontario Government, and other materials that are restricted by acquisition agreements. The monitoring of a child's use of the library is the responsibility of the parents/guardians, except in the case of "R" rated DVDs where the Library will restrict access to 18 years of age.*
Parental Restrictions on Children’s Access
Parents/guardians who wish to restrict their child's access to library collections should not sign the child’s membership application form. In this way, a borrower's card will not be issued to the child; material that the child wishes to borrow will have to be borrowed by the parent on the parent’s card. Teens (age 14-17) may obtain their own card (following the Confidentiality and Access to Borrower Records Procedures)
. * Staff and the public can search the Ontario Film Review Board's web site http://www.ofrb.gov.on.ca to determine the rating of any movie classified by the OFRB since 1985.
