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Displaying 281 - 290 of 372| Topic | Question | Submission Date | Tag(s) |
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| Employee Rights | Hi! |
Management, Policy, Employee Rights, Labor | |
| ResearchGate, PDFs, and Copyright | ResearchGate is often a place individuals will go to snag PDFs which are typically provided by authors, not publishers. |
Copyright, DMCA, Ethics, Fair Use, Photocopies, Academic Libraries | |
| NYS SHIELD Act and Libraries | With the NYS Shield Act taking effect in March 2020 what changes or precautions should libraries be thinking about to comply with the |
Data, Digital Access, Policy, SHIELD Act, Templates | |
| Libraries Banning Smoking | Is it legal for libraries to ban smoking on all of their owned property rather than 100 feet from entrances? |
Policy, Property, Smoking or Vaping | |
| Emergency contact information for children attending library programs | My question is: do public libraries have any legal obligation to collect emergency contact information for children (age 17 and under) attendin |
CPLR 4509, FERPA, Policy, Privacy, Public Libraries | |
| 501c3 Rules for Meeting Room Use | I need clarification about the IRS regulations on 501c3 organizations. |
IRS, Library Programming and Events, Meeting Room Policy, Policy, Taxes, Templates | |
| Code of Ethics Conflict of Interest | What, if any, are the ramifications if a school district public library board of trustee member refuses to sign the code of ethics and/or the c |
Board of Trustees, Ethics, Policy, Public Libraries, School Districts | |
| Music Lending Libraries and Copyright | A local county Music Educators Association has approached my BOCES and has asked if we would house & manage their music library. |
Copyright, Fair Use, Music, School Libraries | |
| Showing Films or Streaming Movies under Community Education Program at a School District | Our school district offers a Community Education program that offers courses on a broad range of topics to the community. |
Copyright, Fair Use, Movies, School Libraries, Swank Movie Licensing, Licensing, Streaming | |
| School Ballot Option for Public Libraries | Our public, municipal library wants to seek funding through a school board levy. The boundaries of the school district we’re petitioning |
Municipal Libraries, Taxes, Voting |