Marathon County Public Library

ITEM NUMBER: 10.13 a-b

CHAPTER 10: Circulation

CODE: Policy

COMPUTER ID: CIBPR-4



Title: Circulation Records - Wisconsin Statute Chapter 43.30

Effective Date: l98l

Authorized By: State of Wisconsin

Date of Last Revision: 4/2015





WISCONSIN STATUTE: 43.30

43.30 Public library records.



(1b) In this section:

(a) "Custodial parent" includes any parent other than a parent who has been denied periods of physical placement with a child under s. 767.41 (4).

(b) "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c).

(1) Records of any library which is in whole or in part supported by public funds, including the

records of a public library system, indicating the identity of any individual who borrows or uses

the library's documents or other materials, resources, or services may not be disclosed except by court order or to persons acting within the scope of their duties in the administration of the

library or library system, to persons authorized by the individual to inspect such records, to

custodial parents or guardians of children under the age of 16 under sub. (4), to libraries

under subs.(2) and (3), or to law enforcement officers under sub. (5)

. (2) A library supported in whole or in part by public funds may disclose an individual's identity to

another library for the purpose of borrowing materials for the individual only if the library to

which the individual's identity is being disclosed meets at least one of the following

requirements:

(a) The library is supported in whole or in part by public funds.

(b) The library has a written policy prohibiting the disclosure of the identity of the

individual except as authorized under sub. (3).

(c) The library agrees not to disclose the identity of the individual except as authorized

under sub. (3). (3) A library to which an individual's identity is disclosed under sub. (2) and that is not supported

in whole or in part by public funds may disclose that individual's identity to another library for the

purpose of borrowing materials for that individual only if the library to which the identity is being

disclosed meets at least one of the requirements specified under sub. (2) (a) to (c). (4) Upon the request of a custodial parent or guardian of a child who is under the age of 16, a

library supported in whole or part by public funds shall disclose to the custodial parent or

guardian all library records relating to the use of the library's documents or other materials,

resources, or services by that child.

(5)

(a) Upon the request of a law enforcement officer who is investigating criminal conduct alleged to have occurred at a library supported in whole or in part by public funds,

the library shall disclose to the law enforcement officer all records pertinent to the

alleged criminal conduct that were produced by a surveillance device under the

control of the library.

(b) If a library requests the assistance of a law enforcement officer, and the director of

the library determines that records produced by a surveillance device under the

control of the library may assist the law enforcement officer to render the requested

assistance, the library may disclose the records to the law enforcement officer. History: 1981 c. 335; 1991 a. 269; 2003 a. 207; 2007 a. 34, 96; 2009 a. 180.

ITEM NUMBER: 10.13 b





Library policy:

Unique Management Services Inc. has been designated by the Library Board as the

debt collection agent for Marathon County Public Library. The contract in effect

between Unique Management Services Inc. and Marathon County Public Library

provides that Unique Management is acting as a collection agent for the library and that

Unique Management is required to observe confidentiality of library records as

established in Wisconsin Statutes 43.30. A statement of Unique Management's

company confidentiality policy is on file in the Library Administration Office.