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Displaying 1 - 10 of 372| Topic | Question | Submission Date | Tag(s) |
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| Patron privacy regarding recording devices and minors | Is the library at risk if a teen patron volunteers to share contents of a cell phone? |
Policy, First Amendment, Privacy, Recording devices, Children in the Library, Patron Confidentiality | |
| Top Ten Risk Management Exercises For Governing Boards of Libraries & Cultural Institutions During the 2025 Federal Shift | Early 2025 has brought changes to stability of certain federal programs, funding, and governance. |
Board of Trustees, Grants, DEI, Executive Order, Federal funding, Risk Management | |
| Responding to LEO & Others' Requests for Library User Information | I’d like to ask this as generally as I can so that the answers are as applicable as possible, but I’m writing from a small college library in N |
Academic Libraries, FERPA, Templates, Law enforcement | |
| Evaluating DEI Internship Programs | Our organization has for many years now used a “DEI” internship program to bring people from under-represented communities into the library pro |
Templates, Internships, Executive Order, DEI | |
| Summary and Analysis of Potential Impact of January 2025 POTUS Executive Orders on Libraries Served by the ESLN | You have requested my expedited input regarding the potential impact on ESLN member organizations of the 33 executive orders issued in the first we |
ATL Analysis, Executive Order | |
| Does Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act apply to born-digital archival collections? | In April 2024, the Federal Register published the US Department of Justice’s final rule on Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA |
ADA, Accessibility, Digital Access, Archives, Born Digital | |
| Library cards for minors | I’m assuming the age requirement for youth cards varies widely even among NYS libraries, but what are the key determining legal factors which i |
Public Libraries, Children in the Library, Privacy, Policy, Library Card Policy, Patron Confidentiality | |
| Use of library space for private clubs | The board of trustees of a public school district library owns the library building. A private club occupies the entire second floor. |
Public Libraries, Property, IRS, Insurance | |
| Timing of tax levy payments | Our library is supported by a school district tax levy. The levy provides the bulk of our annual budget. |
Taxes, Templates | |
| Checking Materials Out to Children Without Parent's Permission | Our library is trying to set some parameters around what we require from a patron in order to check out library materials to them. |
Library Cards, Library Card Policy, Public Libraries, Policy |