The Board of Trustees of the Pickerington Public Library recognizes that library records and patron information are confidential. According to Ohio Revised Code 149.432 library records are defined as a record in any form that is maintained by the library and that contains any of the following types of information:

• Information an individual is required to provide in order to be eligible to use library services or borrow materials
• Information that identifies an individual as having requested or obtained specific materials or materials on a specific subject
• Information that is provided by an individual to assist a staff member to answer a specific question or provide information on a particular subject 

Under Ohio law, a patron’s library records or information shall not be made available to any agency of federal, state or local government, or to any spouse or other individual other than the individual who is the subject of the record or information, except as follows: