[Libs-Or] Mandatory reporting for libraries

Fri Sep 28 14:55:26 PDT 2012

And if we can't tell how old they are?  What if we violate the privacy 
of an 18+ year old?  Aanyone under 21 looks like a mere child to me.

Dolores

On 09/28/2012 09:43 am, Scott Gallagher-Starr wrote:
> Mornin', y'all.  I'll chime in with a related question for higher-ed
> folks: how does this interact with FERPA? I assume that any reported
> situation would have a paper trail to go with it; would these be
> educational records for FERPA purposes?
>
> And an unrelated question/comment - I'm assuming this law now covers
> most or all statutory rape situations.  In the extreme form, this
> would mean that any time we hear any unmarried under-18 students
> talking about their sex lives we need to report - yes?  Or am I
> moving too far away from the intent of this law?
>
> Thanks for your input,
>
> Scott
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Hicks, Doris  wrote:
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>> Is there a conflict between the policies of mandatory reporting and
>> of patron confidentiality if we report the name, address, and other
>> confidential information of the patron suspected of child abuse or
>> neglect?
>>
>> Doris Hicks
>>
>> Albany (Oregon) Public Library
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>> Young Adult Services
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>> Spanish Language Services
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>> Cindy Gibbon
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>> SUBJECT: Re: [Libs-Or] Mandatory reporting for libraries
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>> We're working on something here at MCL--both a message for staff
>> about their new 24/7 responsibilities as mandatory child abuse
>> reporters and figuring out the training.
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>> The Multnomah County Attorney has advised us that all library
>> employees should consider themselves responsible under this law. 
>> It is a personal responsibility and it doesn't go away just becasue
>> your employer has a bad policy or bad training or didn't tell you
>> about it.  So we do all have a responsibility to make sure that
> our
>> employees are aware of this.
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>> Our county attorney's office is working on an on-line training for
>> all county staff who have this responsibility, but there are lots
> of
>> potential sources of training.
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>> Also, our attorney advises that library volunteers are NOT
>> included.  The language about volunteers that was in the original
>> bill was removed purposely before the final bill passed.
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>> We'll be happy to share more when we get some messages finalized. 
>> Though the law does not take effect until 1/1/13, we are hoping to
>> get a message out to staff very shortly.
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>> Cindy
>> CINDY GIBBON
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>> Access & Information Services Director
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>> Multnomah County Library
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>> _Voice:_  503.988.5496 [5]
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>> cindyg at multcolib.org [7]
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>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Maureen Cole wrote:
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>> Hi all:
>>
>> Has anyone out there written new policy/procedure regarding library
>> staff actions in light of the mandatory reporting law which now
>> seems to applies to libraries? I know city attorneys have varying
>> opinions about how this law applies to us, but ours is sticking
> with
>> the ‘better safe than sorry’ approach. We had some training by
>> DHS today and it reminded me that we need to have something in
> place
>> to guide us internally.
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>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> Mo
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>> _MAUREEN COLE_
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