Recently Asked Questions

A patron came in and asked me to “witness a signature.” He was signing some bank document, but it didn’t need to be notarized, just witnessed.

Is it required or advised that the Friends group (ours is a separate non-profit) have their own insurance?

Are there any laws around a supervisor or manager telling others the reason for an employee being out on leave?

What would it look like if a Public Library hired a part-time social worker to help patrons deal with some of their everyday life issues that may come up while visiting the library?

I recently purchased a copy of a DVD at the request of a professor. I believe that the professor intends to show this film in class.

Our library gets taxpayer funding from its own line on a school district tax bill.

[This question comes from a regional BOCES.]

Many libraries/archives hold unpublished materials whose creators are deceased, but are still protected by copyright since copyright lasts 70 years after death.

We are a small, rural, association library that serves a population of under 4,500.

The library has been discussing new ways to handle our discards.