Libraries Policies
Display or Posting of Information Items
Approved August 9, 2001
Revised January 17, 2003
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Purpose
The
regulation establishes guidelines for the display and/or posting
of information items in the public areas (e.g., the bulletin
boards, entranceways, foyers, lounge areas, on doors, in the
elevators, etc.) of VCU Libraries facilities. This includes
but is not limited to brochures, circulars, community newspapers,
flyers, handouts, notices, or signs.
Information items may be posted or displayed only on bulletin boards established
for that purpose in James Branch Cabell Library and Tompkins-McCaw Library for
the Health Sciences. Two bulletin boards are provided.
A monitored bulletin board provides a controlled forum for information items
related to Virginia Commonwealth University programs and services or for programs
and events pertinent to VCU students, staff and faculty. Prior approval from
the VCU Libraries is required in order to display or post materials. All requests
for display or posting must include the name, telephone number, and email of
a person who will be responsible for the request and for questions related to
the request. Approved items will be posted for a maximum of 30 calendar days.
An unmonitored bulletin board provides an open forum for information items of
any kind. Any member of the community may post items to this bulletin board for
any purpose. The VCU Libraries does not review materials posted to this bulletin
board, but does clear the bulletin board of all materials every 30 days. The
Libraries will remove all materials displayed or posted in library buildings
outside of these bulletin boards. Public areas will be monitored daily and materials
promptly removed and recycled.