I thought you may want to know what I found out.
About 85% of you who responded to my situation agreed that I did the right thing.
I should treat the principal as any other patron and be objective in my research.
Many of you pointed out that I was in no way supporting the policy of dress codes.
Many of you pointed out that my response to the union should be that I cannot
discuss it at all because I would be comprimising my professional responsiblity to
comprimise.
1 person said that, he did not consider the principal his patron. 1 person warned
me to tread lightly should I be non-tenured.
I called ALA about this and spoke to Julie Walker the "head" of school library
division. She agreed.
I explored the ALA website and found in the Library Bill of Rights, the code of
professional ethics and the interpertation of the Library Bill of Rights support
for my position as well.
Finally through the ALA website I found the state of NJ has a law as do 48 states
protecting the right of privacy of patrons records and the information contained
within them.
Many thanks to all of you who responded.
Kristina Fallon, librarian
Robert Morris School
South Bound Brook NJ
yasumani@aol.com
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