PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY POLICIES
This policy covers the building and grounds of the Bolton Public Library.
“Photography and videography” is defined as the making of images using any type of equipment capable of recording an image (including but not limited to cell phone cameras, still cameras, video cameras, and movie cameras).
Photography and videography for commercial purposes is prohibited. Requests for exceptions must be submitted in writing to the Library Board of Trustees. Permission, if granted, will be communicated in writing at the Board’s earliest convenience.
Photography and videography is permitted when the following conditions are met:
*If any person to be photographed or videotaped is under 18 years of age, permission must be obtained by the photographer or videographer from a parent or adult guardian on behalf of said minor child.
The library reserves the right to document its services and the public’s use of the library. Official representatives of the library may take photographs, videotape, or use other recording devices within the library and at library-related events and activities for library purposes. These photographs and video may be copied, displayed, published (including on the library’s website), and telecast for such purposes as promotion, publicity, and news to inform the public about the library. All such photography/videotaping will be in accordance with library policy.
Recognizing and respecting the nature of intellectual and creative property, the Library will not be responsible for securing permission to photography or record lectures, performances, and similar events not governed by the Open Meeting Act. The library will attempt to contact the local media about performers and dates; however, representatives of those media must make their own arrangements in securing permission to record and notifying the library of their intent to do so.
Approved by the Board of Library Trustees 03/20/2012; revised 10/05/2022.
“Photography and videography” is defined as the making of images using any type of equipment capable of recording an image (including but not limited to cell phone cameras, still cameras, video cameras, and movie cameras).
Photography and videography for commercial purposes is prohibited. Requests for exceptions must be submitted in writing to the Library Board of Trustees. Permission, if granted, will be communicated in writing at the Board’s earliest convenience.
Photography and videography is permitted when the following conditions are met:
- It is done in public areas of the building
- It does not interrupt or curtail the delivery of library services
- It does not reveal the nature of an individual’s intellectual pursuits or items borrowed
- The photographer has secured any and all necessary permissions to make images of human subjects* and of creative or intellectual property of the speaker/presenter. The Library assumes no responsibility for securing such permissions.
- It does not entail moving or changing library furnishings including lights and light fixtures for the purpose of making an image
*If any person to be photographed or videotaped is under 18 years of age, permission must be obtained by the photographer or videographer from a parent or adult guardian on behalf of said minor child.
The library reserves the right to document its services and the public’s use of the library. Official representatives of the library may take photographs, videotape, or use other recording devices within the library and at library-related events and activities for library purposes. These photographs and video may be copied, displayed, published (including on the library’s website), and telecast for such purposes as promotion, publicity, and news to inform the public about the library. All such photography/videotaping will be in accordance with library policy.
Recognizing and respecting the nature of intellectual and creative property, the Library will not be responsible for securing permission to photography or record lectures, performances, and similar events not governed by the Open Meeting Act. The library will attempt to contact the local media about performers and dates; however, representatives of those media must make their own arrangements in securing permission to record and notifying the library of their intent to do so.
Approved by the Board of Library Trustees 03/20/2012; revised 10/05/2022.
