Purpose: (1) To establish a consistent rule of business for interactions between library staff and representatives of the media (2) To ensure that appropriate and official information is given in response to media inquiries (3) To provide library staff at large with a practice to follow, so they can to respond to media inquiries in an appropriate manner.
Scope:
Policy #1, Media Inquiries about the University Libraries addresses situations when media representatives and journalism students are asking questions about the University Libraries for publication.
Policy #2: Requests to photograph in the University Libraries (aka Filming in the Libraries) addresses situations when media professionals, amateurs and students are asking permission to use a library facility as a setting for still or motion (including video) photography.