Recently Asked Questions

Is the library at risk if a teen patron volunteers to share contents of a cell phone?

Early 2025 has brought changes to stability of certain federal programs, funding, and governance.

I’d like to ask this as generally as I can so that the answers are as applicable as possible, but I’m writing from a small college library in NY, so I’d like to get a sense for mysel

Our organization has for many years now used a “DEI” internship program to bring people from under-represented communities into the library profession.

You have requested my expedited input regarding the potential impact on ESLN member organizations of the 33 executive orders issued in the first week of the second term of President Dona

In April 2024, the Federal Register published the US Department of Justice’s final rule on Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

I’m assuming the age requirement for youth cards varies widely even among NYS libraries, but what are the key determining legal factors which inform how libraries settle on an age ra

The board of trustees of a public school district library owns the library building. A private club occupies the entire second floor.

Our library is supported by a school district tax levy. The levy provides the bulk of our annual budget.

Our library is trying to set some parameters around what we require from a patron in order to check out library materials to them.