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SLP Media Photography Permissions

Note: Specific questions about your library's legal responsibilities should be directed to the appropriate city/village/county attorney that handles such matters for your library.

In the course of your Summer Library Program, you may encounter parents who do not want their children photographed by local news media outlets (newspapers or television stations) or by library staff. If you would prefer to have a formal process in place to obtain parental permission, you can opt to make it part of the registration process for your program.

This page provides links to two documents:

• one that provides language that can be used to inform parents of the likelihood that their children will be photographed as participants in the Summer Library Program; and
• another that is a sample form libraries can use to obtain media permission from parents or guardians.

Both documents are in Microsoft Word format so you are able to modify the text as your needs dictate. To download the documents described on this page, click on the appropriate link below.

Sample Media Permission Language | Sample Media Permission Slip (also available as PDF)

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