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Displaying 181 - 190 of 372| Topic | Question | Submission Date | Tag(s) |
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| Online posting of area drone pictures | One of our member libraries has asked me the following question: |
Archives, Copyright, Ethics, Privacy, Property | |
| Removal of Trustee From Board | Our board meetings are now 100% remote, and one trustee has failed to attend every session since the start of the pandemic. How can our b |
Board of Trustees, COVID-19, Emergency Response | |
| Follow-up question to heavy smells in library policy | In reviewing your response to a question on Nov 17, 2020 from an adjunct library science professor, your advice is to create a "smell free zone |
Policy, Public Libraries | |
| Bequest of Property for Libraries | A municipal public library has accepted a gift of real property and is selling the property. |
Municipal Libraries, Property, Public Libraries | |
| Requiring COVID Tests for Employees | Can an employer require a negative COVID test before an employee comes to work? |
ADA, COVID-19, Emergency Response, Employee Rights, Health Management, Management | |
| Handling CASE Act Claims for Libraries | The awful CASE ACT is now a law. |
Copyright, CASE Act | |
| Movie covers on Facebook | I've seen libraries take pictures of book covers and promote them on their library social media page, and was wondering if the same policy hold |
Trademarks and Branding, Copyright, Fair Use, Movies, Social Media | |
| Special collections not recorded on institution's ledgers | We received some questions from a chartered museum about weeding from the museum's internal research library: |
Deaccessioning, Historical societies and museums, Special collections, Weeding | |
| Paid time-off for COVID-19 vaccinations | Are public or private libraries obligated to give paid time off for eligible employees to get the vaccine during work time? |
Association Libraries, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, Emergency Response, Municipal Libraries, PTO, Vacation, and Leave, Public Libraries, Safety Plan | |
| School library records retention | We got a question regarding how the new rules for records retention (the "LGS-1") impacts the retention of school library borrowing records. |
Privacy, Records Management, Record Retention, School Libraries, LGS-1 |