Record Retention

Does a contractor have to comply with FOIL request if they are contracted to a county government?

How long should the library retain employee records, payroll records, sales and purchase records, mortgage and loan documents, and other records?

I am a Trustee on the Board of our library. I also serve as the Secretary to the Board. As such, I do the note-taking and draft the meeting minutes for every board meeting.

In a local school district, multiple books have been challenged recently.

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

I am writing to update the excellent advice on the RAQ page from November 2020 in regards to the retention of health scre

We got a question regarding how the new rules for records retention (the "LGS-1") impacts the retention of school library borrowing records.

Under the executive order, the modifications to Open Meetings Law meant we (I'm asking for several libraries in our system) record our Board meetings.

The public libraries in our region have been requiring staff to complete a health self-assessment every day that they report to the building to work.

The library is using NYS Archives and Civil Service references to set personnel and payroll files records retention and disposition.