Director Briefing December 23, 2024 Ask the Lawyer from WNYLC Ask The Lawyer is an excellent resource from the Western New York Library Resource Council. Here ...
Director Briefing Archive Introduction Monday Briefings are a weekly compilation of relevant information sent to Member Library Directors, System HQ Staff, and t...
Director Briefing December 16, 2024 Trustee Academy Roll Out Over the coming weeks, we will enroll trustees in the new online Trustee Academy through Niche. I ...
Director Briefing December 9, 2024 Written Notice of Pay Rate The question of pay rate notices came up recently. Per the Wage Theft Prevention Act from April 9...
Director Briefing December 2, 2024 Trustee Education: 2024 FAQs with Ron Part II This Wednesday will be the last Trustee Workshop of the year. If you'd like to...
State Aid for Library Construction Program Program Overview Capital funds for the State Aid for Library Construction Program are provided annually in the New Yor...
Director Briefing November 25, 2024 From NYLA: Take Action to Increase Funding! Dear NYLA Members, As we know our libraries and library systems are vital insti...
Director Briefing November 18, 2024 2024 System Satisfaction Survey Thank you to those who have already responded. For those who haven't yet, here's my note fr...
Policy Library Policies are the rules and the principles that guide the operation and the use of the library. They are required by Education Department Regulation...
Director Briefing November 12, 2024 2024 System Satisfaction Survey The OWWL Library System's 2022 2026 Plan of Service was developed with member library inp...
Director Briefing November 4, 2024 Open House, Trustee CE Hours, and Annual Meeting November 13, 2024 at System HQ All are welcome to join us for the 35th An...
Coordinated Outreach Services Advisory Group (COSAG) _ Under New York State Education Law, §273 (1) (h) (1), and Commissioner's Regulations §90.3, Public Library ...
Director Briefing October 28, 2024 OWWLDAC November 1 at Wadsworth Library OWWLDAC is scheduled for Friday, November 1, 2024 at 10 AM. It will be in person a...
Director Briefing October 7, 2024 Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Training Session On Monday, November 18, library lawyer Stephanie "Cole" Adams and paralega...
Trustee Education Trustee Education Requirements Beginning January 1, 2023, each member, elected or appointed, of a board of trustees shall be required to comple...
Director Briefing September 30, 2024 Individual Logins for Evergreen Accounts and Staff Acknowledgement I mentioned at OWWLDAC that we had an incident with sha...
Director Briefing September 23, 2024 Fall Support Staff Workshop Thursday, October 10, 2024 On Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 9 AM 3:30 PM the System will...
Director Briefing September 16, 2024 Minimum Standard Question Follow Up After our last OWWLDAC Meeting, quite a few policy questions were sent in. Below are s...
Director Briefing September 3, 2024 OWWLDAC September 6, 2024 at OWWLHQ OWWLDAC is scheduled for Friday, September 6, 2024 at 10 AM. It will be in person at ...
Director Briefing August 26, 2024 Computer and Network Services (CANS) Memos: Tickets and Tech Training The CANS Department asked to share the notices below: t...
Director Briefing August 19, 2024 Ticket System Clarification Tickets seem to be causing some confusion, according to recent conversations around the System. W...
Director Briefing August 12, 2024 OWWLDAC on September 6, 2024 at OWWLHQ As a reminder, OWWLDAC is scheduled for 10 AM on September 6, 2024, here at System HQ….
Director Briefing August 5, 2024 OWWL Friends Groups Save the Date Patty from the Friends of Victor Farmington Library has asked if you would share the attac...
Director Briefing July 29, 2024 Apply Now: OWWL Libraries Inclusive Collections Aid Member libraries are encouraged to apply for supplemental funds to purchase...
Director Briefing July 22, 2024 Budget Kit Now Available The 2023 2024 Budget Planning Kit is now available. This is a great resource for planning, decision ma...
Director Briefing July 9, 2024 High Demand Holds The Women by Kristin Hannah is flying off the shelves! It looks like over 150 patrons are eagerly waiting to c...
Director Briefing July 1, 2024 NOVELny Update The new databases from NOVELny are available today! These databses include Gale Books and Authors, Gale Business:...
Director Briefing June 24, 2024 Update to Mediated Computer Purchasing Last week, Bob let Directors know that laptops are available again for mediated computer...
Director Briefing June 17, 2024 Background Checks in Libraries The topic of background checks has come up a few times recently in meetings and conversations I'...
Director Briefing June 10, 2024 2024 RRLC Library of the Year and Library All Stars Congratulations to Naples Library for winning RRLC 2024 Public Library of t...
Monday (Tuesday) Briefing June 13, 2022 Questions of the Week: On Policies QUESTION: Ron, do we really need all of the policies included in the Trustee Handboo...
Monday Briefing May 2, 2022 2022 RRLC Library of the Year All Star Winners Congratulations to Sarah Matthews for being an RRLC 2022 Library All Star and Vict...
Monday Briefing September 27, 2021 ICYMI: Evergreen Individual logins As discussed at PLSDAC, we will be issuing Evergreen individual logins to library staff o...
System Orientation for New Trustees February 7, 2022 Recording Visit YouTube for the recording of this workshop. This recording is 28 minutes in length. About...
Trustee Newsletter July 2020 System Update Services to Member Libraries At the system, we continue temporary, clean up delivery runs to help move materials ...
Trustee Newsletter July/August 2020 Executive Director's Note I hope this summer edition of the Trustee Newsletter finds everyone well. A lot has changed in ...
Trustee Newsletter September 2020 Pioneer Library System 31st Annual Meeting Please join us for Pioneer Library System's 31st Annual Meeting on Wednesday, Oc...
Trustee Newsletter September 2021 Annual Meeting and Election of System Trustees System Trustee Election Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 6:00 PM This year our ...
Roles Responsibilities of Library Trustees Duties Responsibilities of Trustees For New Trustees Each public library is chartered by the Board of Regents of th...
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Board President Briefing June 21, 2022 Welcome Welcome to the Board Presidents Briefing (BPB), this is a communication from Ron Kirsop, Executive Director at O...
Developing Library Policies Policy Basics Policymaking is perhaps the most difficult part of a trustee s job, requiring an open mind, a thoughtful study of the i...
Director Briefing August 7, 2023 Minimum Standards Assurances OWWL Library System is required to assure the Division of Library Development that all libraries ...
Four Types of Libraries Recording To watch the August 10, 2021 recording of this workshop, visit https://youtu.be/cR8wI_ldgZo Introduction There are four types...
Long Range Planning for Libraries Planning During a Pandemic Planning is a difficult enough task to take on during normal times. Now that the unknown seems to be...
Monday (Tuesday) Briefing August 23, 2021 Advocacy Updates Open Meetings Law As a follow up to last week's email, I have drafted a letter and submitted it to ...
Monday Briefing December 6, 2021 System Staff Changes As announced at the November System Meeting, Andrea Snyder has left Pioneer Library System as of December...
Director Briefing June 3, 2024 Small Libraries Summer Symposium Registration is now open for the 2024 Small Libraries Summer Symposium, which will be held at S...
Director Briefing May 27, 2024 Congratulations to all the Successful Library Votes I was incredibly pleased to see all the successful votes last week. Congratu...