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[2020 Pandemic Date Specific] COVID-19 Diagnosed Case Where Person Visited the Library

We are seeking guidance as a result of the following:

COVID-19, CPLR 4509, Emergency Response, Library Programming and Events, Templates
[2020 Pandemic Date Specific] Executive Order 202 and NY Open Meetings Law

Can you please explain the clause below found in Governor Cuomo's Executive Order dated 3/13/2020. It reads:

COVID-19, Emergency Response, Executive Order, Open Meetings Law
Providing website disclaimers

With the Covid-19 pandemic, we are creating a Google Site where we are listing websites.

COVID-19, Disclaimers, Emergency Response
COVID-19 and part-time pay

Can libraries, using public money, pay part-time staff if they are either forced to close due to the COVID-19 or if the employee is forced to s

COVID-19, Emergency Response, Employee Rights, Labor, PTO, Quarantine Leave
Previous Employer re-assigned authorship of LibGuides

Many librarians create and post LibGuides through Springshare.  Right now, when an employee leaves a library, the LibGuides they crea

Copyright, Employment, LibGuides, Licensing, Ownership
Using music videos for projects

An internationally known band released various music videos for the purpose of a contest they were holding.

Academic Libraries, Copyright, Derivative Works, Fair Use, Music
Video and photography of students in an academic library

[I work at the library of a public university.] Every year we have requests from students in Media Arts program to videotape in the library.

Academic Libraries, First Amendment, Image Rights, Policy, Privacy
Copies of music

Can a school or library hand out copies of sheet music to students and keep their copies of the originals (as long as they had enough copies fo

Circular 21, Copyright, Music, Photocopies
Friends of the Library not being friendly

Is it legal for a Friends of the Library group to hold their funds and not to use those funds to support the library's mission?

501c3, Friends of the Library, Management
Library Files

What recourse may a library board take, if a former director removes all library files from a library owned computer that relate to the running

Data, Ethics, Management, Security Breach, Employment, Templates