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[2020 Pandemic Date Specific] 501c3s and applying for CARES PPP

We are a library that is a hybrid government agency (special taxing district) and a 501(c)3.

501c3, COVID-19, Emergency Response
Using article from personal CEU subscription

I have an instructor who asked if it would be violating copyright infringement if she shares articles from her personal Continuing Education Un

Copyright, COVID-19, Digital Access, Emergency Response
Top 10 Actions a NY Library Board Can Take to Foster a Library's Mission and Ensure its Viability During the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis

See Cole's thoughts below on the top 10 actions a NY library board can take to foster a library's mission and ensure its viability during the COVID

COVID-19, Emergency Response, Policy, Templates
Unsealed overdue notices and FERPA

I am wondering if sending unsealed overdue notices to students in their classrooms is a FERPA violation.

COVID-19, Emergency Response, Fees and Fines, FERPA, Privacy
Comments on Fair Use During COVID-19

See below for Cole's statement on the Public Statement of Library Copyright Specialists.

COVID-19, Fair Use, Emergency Response
Online Library Programming (Any Type of Program)

Our library is arranging more online programming in response to COVID-19 closures and reductions.  What should we be thinking about in mak

COVID-19, Emergency Response, Library Programming and Events, Online Programming, Policy, Streaming, Templates
Live streaming a chair yoga program

Can we sponsor an online chair yoga class open to the public?

COVID-19, Emergency Response, Library Programming and Events, Online Programming, Streaming
School Closures and Teachers Pay Teachers

With the recent closing of schools I and my membership have been asked a great deal about Teachers Pay Teachers.

COVID-19, Emergency Response, Employment, Licensing, School Libraries, Teachers Pay Teachers
Audiobooks and Copyright Laws in a Pandemic

A teacher from our school needs audiobook access to four different books for about 10 students per book, particularly if our absence from schoo

Copyright, COVID-19, Emergency Response, Fair Use
Reproduction of Copyrighted Photographs

Is it considered fair use for a student to reproduce a copyrighted photograph for public display in an academic institution having cited the or

Academic Libraries, Copyright, Fair Use, Photographs