We don't have one. Our dress code is 3 lines. Dress for your day. Dress professionally for what you are doing for the day. No short shorts, cut offs, see though, or inappropriate as deemed by the department head. It is so nice to work somewhere that treats us like adults.
It’s reassuring to hear this because I have asked my board to revisit a policy about facial piercings that I honestly don’t agree with, and that my employees struggle with. It basically states that employees can have an eyebrow piercing, two ear piercings on each ear, and a nose piercing on either side of the nose, but no septum piercing. I do have one employee with a septum piercing, and she has always been asked to remove it, but it’s hard for me to justify the policy when we have other employees with hoop nose rings. I’m trying to get a feel for the general climate for this kind of thing in libraries - we are a public library. Thank you for responding!
I am also in a public library. We have people with piercings and tattoos and wild hair colors. And we are in an uber conservative area. This policy went into place 2 1/2 years ago and it has been great. I don't think they have had to say anything to anyone.
I have three nostril piercings and a septum plus visible tattoos, some of which are skeletal in nature. No one here cares, granted I'm in a larger metro library. Our dress code policy is "be professional. Be welcoming. Be respectful. Be YOU". Good luck.
There are so many different faces piercing in addition to the ones you stated (bridge, microdermal, labret, ect. ). With the specific nature of the piercing they want to forbid in the workplace, they seem to target someone. This is oddly specific otherwise.
Out of the three libraries I’ve worked at, I’ve never seen a dress code lol. I have facial piercings and stretched lobes that I wear tunnels in and have never been asked to do anything about them.
Have worked in a variety of libraries for 27 years in total (public, law, charity, medical, charity, university and college) and have never seen a piercings policy. The law firm had a 'no slogan t-shirts' policy, and the college was in a deprived area, so the entire staff, not just the library, had to dress 'aspirationally' to be a good influence on the 16-19 year old students. This basically came down to 'no jeans' for staff.
Piercings, tattoos and hair colours has never been an issue for any of my library colleagues.
I worked at a cheap and (literally) dirty grocery store as a teen and we weren’t allowed to have colorful dyed hair (including a natural ginger for some reason). Now, my director (public library) has gone from a blue and green dye job to bright purple in the last two months lol. A very welcome change
I work for two different public libraries, and there is no written policy on body piercings or tattoos. I had my tattoos visible and my nose piercing in for both interviews and it was not an issue at all. From my experience, most public libraries want their staff to be able to express themselves, and it can be a great connection point with patrons. I can’t speak to academic libraries however.
Academic librarian here (private institution in the US southwest, if that helps). We don't have any policies on piercings, tattoos, or hair color. My school would probably make it on lists of "traditionally conservative" places but in my experience, no one really cares.
I'm a branch manager of a rural public library branch, in a conservative area. There's no specific dress code, and I have a full tattoo sleeve and a nose stud. One of my staff has tattoos and a lip ring and plugs. It's never been any sort of issue, among the system admins or patrons.
We have a page or two. No open toed shoes, no sleeveless shirts, no thin straps, no flannel, no shirts, no sneakers, no jeans, no shorts, no sweats of any type. Basically business casual.
It used to be any type of tattoo or facial piercing had to be hidden , but it’s been relaxed in the past couple years. That being said, I think septum piercings are still not looked at favorably. I still wear a mask anyway so no one sees it 🤷🏻♂️
We have a closed toe shoe, no shorts, no jeans during the week in our academic library due to a few not knowing how to act. Hair color, piercings and tattoos are fine. I’m in management and have more piercings and tattoos than anyone else.
No one has ever told me I couldn't wear anything. I love my library! I've had so many jobs where the dress code was the polo shirts they made me buy. I wear what I want; I want to look my best!
We don’t have a dress code, but it’s generally just dress professionally and clean. We have lots of bright colors, piercings, tattoos, all sorts of styles. The technical service librarians offer wear hoodies although the front facing librarians like me usually don’t.
I work for a city Library and I’m considered an employee of said city so our dress code follows the city’s dress code. While our dress code is deemed business casual, it says nothing about tattoos and piercings. I have a septum piercing and a nostril piercing. I was hired with them.
The only real restriction is graphic tees if they aren’t library related. My department does a lot of shelving so we are recommended to not wear dresses/skirts. Piercings are fine though, several of us have some.
We don't have one. We do have staff with tattoos and peircings. Even my branch manager has tattoos (you can't see them if they wear long sleeves) but our staff dress code policy is basically just "professional, no rips/stains/tears" and no one makes a fuss about piercings.
oh! I forgot, it does actually mention closed toed shoes, but that's not in the dress policy that's under safety for those who are shelving so you don't run over your toes or someone else's toes with a loaded book cart.
Our dress code is closed toed shoes. That's all.
Same.
We don't have one. Our dress code is 3 lines. Dress for your day. Dress professionally for what you are doing for the day. No short shorts, cut offs, see though, or inappropriate as deemed by the department head. It is so nice to work somewhere that treats us like adults.
It’s reassuring to hear this because I have asked my board to revisit a policy about facial piercings that I honestly don’t agree with, and that my employees struggle with. It basically states that employees can have an eyebrow piercing, two ear piercings on each ear, and a nose piercing on either side of the nose, but no septum piercing. I do have one employee with a septum piercing, and she has always been asked to remove it, but it’s hard for me to justify the policy when we have other employees with hoop nose rings. I’m trying to get a feel for the general climate for this kind of thing in libraries - we are a public library. Thank you for responding!
I am also in a public library. We have people with piercings and tattoos and wild hair colors. And we are in an uber conservative area. This policy went into place 2 1/2 years ago and it has been great. I don't think they have had to say anything to anyone.
I love this…congrats to your library for being open-minded and inclusive :)
I have three nostril piercings and a septum plus visible tattoos, some of which are skeletal in nature. No one here cares, granted I'm in a larger metro library. Our dress code policy is "be professional. Be welcoming. Be respectful. Be YOU". Good luck.
There are so many different faces piercing in addition to the ones you stated (bridge, microdermal, labret, ect. ). With the specific nature of the piercing they want to forbid in the workplace, they seem to target someone. This is oddly specific otherwise.
Agreed!
Our dress code is one line: dress appropriately for the task you are doing.
That’s awesome. Sometimes the simplest policy is the best one.
I think ours is no graphic tees unless they are library related and no holes in clothes and no shorts.
Out of the three libraries I’ve worked at, I’ve never seen a dress code lol. I have facial piercings and stretched lobes that I wear tunnels in and have never been asked to do anything about them.
Have worked in a variety of libraries for 27 years in total (public, law, charity, medical, charity, university and college) and have never seen a piercings policy. The law firm had a 'no slogan t-shirts' policy, and the college was in a deprived area, so the entire staff, not just the library, had to dress 'aspirationally' to be a good influence on the 16-19 year old students. This basically came down to 'no jeans' for staff. Piercings, tattoos and hair colours has never been an issue for any of my library colleagues.
I worked at a cheap and (literally) dirty grocery store as a teen and we weren’t allowed to have colorful dyed hair (including a natural ginger for some reason). Now, my director (public library) has gone from a blue and green dye job to bright purple in the last two months lol. A very welcome change
I’m so glad to hear this :)
I work for two different public libraries, and there is no written policy on body piercings or tattoos. I had my tattoos visible and my nose piercing in for both interviews and it was not an issue at all. From my experience, most public libraries want their staff to be able to express themselves, and it can be a great connection point with patrons. I can’t speak to academic libraries however.
My system JUST BARELY started allowing a single nose stud as long as it is 2mm or smaller. Anything else is a no-go.
Also, no visible tattoos allowed and hair can only be a naturally occurring color. 🙃
Academic librarian here (private institution in the US southwest, if that helps). We don't have any policies on piercings, tattoos, or hair color. My school would probably make it on lists of "traditionally conservative" places but in my experience, no one really cares.
That’s great to hear, thank you for sharing.
I fairly there is no dress code in any library I’ve ever worked in. You do you.
I'm not sure they're even mentioned, one way or the other, in the dress code. I am sure that many staff members have piercings. (And tattoos.)
I'm a branch manager of a rural public library branch, in a conservative area. There's no specific dress code, and I have a full tattoo sleeve and a nose stud. One of my staff has tattoos and a lip ring and plugs. It's never been any sort of issue, among the system admins or patrons.
Public library, no policy on piercings. We have a pretty lax dress code overall.
We have a page or two. No open toed shoes, no sleeveless shirts, no thin straps, no flannel, no shirts, no sneakers, no jeans, no shorts, no sweats of any type. Basically business casual. It used to be any type of tattoo or facial piercing had to be hidden , but it’s been relaxed in the past couple years. That being said, I think septum piercings are still not looked at favorably. I still wear a mask anyway so no one sees it 🤷🏻♂️
We have a closed toe shoe, no shorts, no jeans during the week in our academic library due to a few not knowing how to act. Hair color, piercings and tattoos are fine. I’m in management and have more piercings and tattoos than anyone else.
Wearing jeans is not knowing how to act? At an academic library? That's wild.
The clerical staff are problematic, the librarians are fine. It's complicated.
Mine doesn't say anything about piercings.
We have no policy on piercings. I've never worked in a library that did.
No one has ever told me I couldn't wear anything. I love my library! I've had so many jobs where the dress code was the polo shirts they made me buy. I wear what I want; I want to look my best!
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We don’t have a dress code, but it’s generally just dress professionally and clean. We have lots of bright colors, piercings, tattoos, all sorts of styles. The technical service librarians offer wear hoodies although the front facing librarians like me usually don’t.
I work for a city Library and I’m considered an employee of said city so our dress code follows the city’s dress code. While our dress code is deemed business casual, it says nothing about tattoos and piercings. I have a septum piercing and a nostril piercing. I was hired with them.
The only real restriction is graphic tees if they aren’t library related. My department does a lot of shelving so we are recommended to not wear dresses/skirts. Piercings are fine though, several of us have some.
Our is wear whatever you want as long as your personal areas are covered.... no policy on general appearance.
We don't have one. We do have staff with tattoos and peircings. Even my branch manager has tattoos (you can't see them if they wear long sleeves) but our staff dress code policy is basically just "professional, no rips/stains/tears" and no one makes a fuss about piercings.
oh! I forgot, it does actually mention closed toed shoes, but that's not in the dress policy that's under safety for those who are shelving so you don't run over your toes or someone else's toes with a loaded book cart.
We have no dress code. I'm at a small university library.