Bulletin Board/Display Guidelines

The Hillsboro Public Library will post announcements for regional cultural, educational, and recreational events on the designated public information bulletin boards. Public service posters are also displayed, space permitting.

• Items will only be posted by library staff, or designated volunteers, who will follow procedures developed by library management under these guidelines.
• Library programs and library-sponsored events will receive top priority.
• No signs advertising sales of items, products or services will be posted except on the behalf of the Hillsboro Library Board, the Library Foundation of Hillsboro, and/or the Friends of Hillsboro Public Library
• Posting of an announcement or distribution of printed materials does not indicate library or City endorsement, approval, or responsibility for content or activity listed therein.
• In all instances, the Hillsboro Public Library reserves the right to refuse to post or refuse to distribute any announcement or publication.

Exhibits

• Library and City of Hillsboro related use of exhibit spaces takes precedence over use by other groups or individuals. 
• Displays/exhibitions are considered for presentation based on their relevance to broad-based and diverse community needs, usefulness to a general audience, relationship to library collections, and/or available space.
• The Hillsboro Public Library will not display campaign materials of a partisan nature or advertising designed for individual or commercial profit or gain.
• Use of space for exhibits/displays does not constitute an endorsement of the organization’s beliefs by the Library.

Rules for Printed Materials Distribution

• Individuals may not distribute advertising literature inside the libraries, to circulate or post petitions, or to solicit funds for any purpose, as well as to attach posters, advertisements or notices on the outside of the library buildings.
• The libraries will not act as agents to sell any type of materials, except on the behalf of the
  Hillsboro Library Board, the Library Foundation of Hillsboro, and/or the Friends of Hillsboro
  Public Library.
• As space permits, the libraries will perform the function of distribution center for free printed materials. Space for distribution of these materials is provided as a public service, and does not constitute an endorsement of the organization’s beliefs by the Library.
• Priority is given to materials most frequently requested by the public.
  

Updated November, 2019

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