Recently Asked Questions

[Our library directors] group had a discussion about sharing information about patrons who have been barred from a library within the System using the notes field in the patron’s lib

For public libraries that must comply with Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), how does FOIL impact our organization's use of social media?

A town municipal public library has been told by the town that the library cannot have a donate to the library button on the library's website.

Our local public library has started a collection of donated yearbooks from the high school. They requested to receive or purchase new yearbooks as they were published.

We got a question about implementing the new Section 52-c of the New York Civil Rights Law, which requires employers to notify employees if their workplace communications will be mon

Can we use the email addresses of our patrons from our ILS patron database to send a donation request for our association library's annual fundraising drive?

Often times, our meeting agenda changes so we would like to add a disclosure at the bottom that reads “Agenda is subject to change.”

I am of the understanding that NYS departments documentation falls under public domain. Can you provide any insight into this? Thank you!

A director of a library resources council asks…

[My library's] community is calling for a member of the staff to have a seat on the board as a voting member.