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Displaying 221 - 230 of 372| Topic | Question | Submission Date | Tag(s) |
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| Asking COVID-19 symptomatic patrons to leave | In regards to COVID-19 when libraries do reopen, (and allow people in) is it advisable to ask customers to leave the public building if they ar |
ADA, COVID-19, Emergency Response, Policy, Privacy, Reopening policies, Work From Home, Public Health, Safety Plan | |
| Working from home during reopening | I work at a public library that is gradually reopening to the public. |
COVID-19, Emergency Response, Employee Rights, Public Libraries, Reopening policies | |
| Board of Trustees Approval for Library Reopening Plans | Should a board of trustees vote on their institution’s COVID-19 Safety Plan? Or should the adoption of the Plan be left entirely to the i |
COVID-19, Emergency Response, Reopening policies, Board of Trustees | |
| Trustees and First Amendment | Our municipal library recently revised its by-laws, and the revisions were approved by four of our five elected trustees. |
Board of Trustees, Education Law Section 225, First Amendment, Public Libraries, Public Officers Law | |
| Requirements for public access to SUNY libraries | [Submitted from a SUNY Library] |
Academic Libraries, COVID-19, Emergency Response, Public Access, Reopening policies, Section 108, SUNY | |
| Employee Identity Theft | I was recently contacted by my employer stating that someone had applied for unemployment benefits using my Social Security number name and Job |
Emergency Response, Employee Rights, Identity Theft, Security Breach, SHIELD Act | |
| Digitizing legally owned choral music | Is it permissible to make digital copies of choral music that is legally owned by the institution to students in choral and instrumental ensemb |
CONTU, Copyright, COVID-19, Digitization and Copyright, Emergency Response, Licensing, Music, Section 110 | |
| Fair Use in Uncertain Times | In the spring, it was clear academic libraries providing digital resources were in a state of emergency and fair use restrictions were loosened |
Academic Libraries, COVID-19, Digital Access, E-Books and Audiobooks, Emergency Response | |
| Alternative, fair use solutions for when you can't host a virtual read-aloud | For the past two years, our library hosted a 24-hour read-aloud; where people camped on the front lawn and took turns reading 6-7 books. |
Copyright, COVID-19, Emergency Response, Fair Use, Library Programming and Events, Online Programming | |
| Does a mask requirement policy violate the ADA? | Our library has taken the next step in re-opening and is welcoming the public back into our building. We have a Safety Plan, and we have |
Accessibility, ADA, COVID-19, Emergency Response, Masks, Public Health, Reopening policies, Safety Plan, Disability |