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Displaying 61 - 70 of 372| Topic | Question | Submission Date | Tag(s) |
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| Appointing Interim Director to Permanent Status | We are an association library that would like to appoint our interim director to the permanent position, but we are concerned: Do we have to ha |
Association Libraries, Board of Trustees, Templates | |
| Privacy And Zoom's AI | Recently, Zoom introduced new AI features and updated their terms of service agreement, indicating that any user data can be used to train thei |
Privacy, AI, Zoom, FERPA, Ethics | |
| Tax Exempt Rentals | The library is chartered as a school district public library and thus exempt from NYS sales tax. |
Taxes, School Districts, Public Libraries, Safety | |
| Donations of Land or Property | We have been approached by a community member who would like to donate land to the library that abuts our property. |
Donations, Property, Ownership | |
| Qualifications for Municipal Library Trustees | I have several questions related to the legality and ethics of individuals serving as municipal library trustees. |
Board of Trustees, Municipal Libraries, Templates | |
| Policy For Collecting Donations | I am interested in developing a policy to outline who/how the library may collect donations on behalf of other organizations. |
Donations, Policy, Templates | |
| Union Business in the Library | I understand that, as employers of a union shop, the library is required to allow the union a reasonable amount of time to conduct union busine |
Labor, Unions, Library Employment Contracts, Employee Rights, Legal Poems, National Labor Relations Board | |
| Permission for Appearance of Background Images | Our historical society produced a documentary about the making of a sculpture. |
Historical societies and museums, Image Rights, Copyright, Privacy | |
| Staff Expectations for Emergency Preparedness Training | We are planning an emergency preparedness training for library staff to include CPR, First Aid, Stop the Bleed, and Narcan training. |
Emergency Response, Policy, Training, Templates, Employee Rights | |
| Handling Funds for Friends of the Library | There seems to be a trend for libraries that have Friends groups to hold fundraisers, donations, and membership drives at the library. |
Templates, Friends of the Library, Budget, Donations |