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Displaying 121 - 130 of 372| Topic | Question | Submission Date | Tag(s) |
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| Updating meeting room policies | My library (municipal public library) is working on updating the meeting room policy for a number of reasons. |
Meeting Room Policy, Policy, Public Libraries | |
| Posting working documents for open meetings | I just read your excellent answer about posting documents per the OML changes in advance of meetings. |
Board of Trustees, Open Meetings Law, Policy, Privacy, Public Records | |
| Posting recorded meetings under Open Meetings Law | With recent updates to the OML in New York state, there is now a requirement both to stream and to make recordings of sessions available via we |
Board of Trustees, Broadcasting, Open Meetings Law, Transcription | |
| Purchasing streaming services in libraries | Is it legal for the library to purchase a Netflix account and install it on a Roku or Firestick and lend that out for patrons to use? |
Copyright, Section 108, Streaming | |
| Screening DVD as part of curriculum | If a teacher teaches a novel in school, can they show the DVD of the movie under fair use? |
Copyright, DVDs, Fair Use, Movies, School Libraries, Section 110 | |
| Employee privacy and image use | My concern is about employee privacy and image use. |
Employee Rights, Image Rights, Policy, Privacy | |
| Using a YouTube Video to create another video | I am asking this on behalf of the Elementary School in my district. (I work in the library of our district's high school). |
Copyright, School Libraries, Section 110, Streaming, TEACH Act | |
| Board of Trustees notes retention | I am a Trustee on the Board of our library. I also serve as the Secretary to the Board. |
Board of Trustees, FOIA/FOIL, Legal Poems, LGS-1, Open Meetings Law, Public Officers Law, Record Retention | |
| Contracts for Library Podcasts | The library's podcast (Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians), hosted by two librarians here, recently started interviewing guests from outside |
Broadcasting, Copyright, Disclaimers, Policy, Public Libraries, Templates | |
| Libraries Open to the Public Template for Copiers | We were asked about signage to post over the public copier at a libraries open to the public. |
Academic Libraries, ADA, Fair Use, Policy, Public Libraries, Section 108, TEACH Act, Templates, Disability |