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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 various library programs, you may encounter patrons who do not want themselves or 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 permission for such photos, 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 patrons of the likelihood that they or their children will be photographed as participants in a particular library program; and
• another that is a sample form libraries can use to obtain media permission from patrons.

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

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