We DON'T need publicity releases to photograph people (of any age) in a public space, including a library.

• Public spaces: library, park, parking lot, street or other place where people generally can't be excluded. Events like farmers markets, Sunday Parkways, parades and street fairs fall into this category.

We DO need publicity releases to photograph people (of any age) in a private space. Publicity releases must by signed by a parent or guardian if the photo subject is under 18.

• Private space: a residence, retirement center, museum or privately owned venue, where people can be excluded. Events like Wordstock and Comic Con are hosted in a private space and therefore require publicity releases. 
• Schools and childcare centers: We must get publicity releases signed by a guardian for any children photographed in a school/childcare or on school/childcare grounds.

Always ask verbal permission before you take someone's photo, even if no publicity release is needed. If you're taking a photo of a child, ask their parent or caregiver if it's OK (it's usually implied by their participation). If the child is old enough to be unaccompanied, you don't need to ask a parent.

Here is our legal guidance specific to using photos in social media:

"Expectations of privacy" are pretty narrow in Oregon.  Basically, if an adult or child is in a public place, there's no expectation of privacy and no need for a media release.  If a person has control of a space or location and could exclude people from it (meaning it's private, not public), then the expectation of privacy arises.

Oregon law does not have special protections for children.  There is some case law around photographs in schools, but children and their parents should not expect "privacy" within a school.*

*Despite this, we received additional legal guidance to not photograph students in schools or childcare centers unless we have a publicity release signed by a parent or guardian.