Trustee Newsletter January 2021 State Budget Update Earlier today, Governor Cuomo held a press conference for the FY 2022 Budget Plan that is due on April 1, 202...
Effective Board Meetings Meeting in the Time of COVID 19 https://docs.owwl.org/Community/BoardMeetingsDuringCOVID19 Introduction Board Meetings Board meetings a...
Public Library Financial Oversight Budgets Public library boards are legally responsible for the library's finances and financial management. As custodians of pu...
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 ...
Roles Responsibilities of Library Trustees Duties Responsibilities of Trustees Duties of a Trustee The New York State Board of Regents, the institution respo...
Trustee Workshops 2021 Office Hours for Trustees Thursday, February 18 at 4:00 PM Discussion Points: * Ron and Suzanne will be available for library questio...
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State Aid for Library Construction Program Overview The State Aid for Library Construction Program is a grant through the Division of Library Development and adm...
About the System About the Pioneer Library System: The Pioneer Library System (PLS) is a New York State chartered, cooperative public library system serving the ...
NY CARES Act Funding Opportunity IMLS has provided the New York State Library with $1,757,794 in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Ac...
Sample 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 Reg...
Trustee Newsletter April 2020 A Note from Ron This note has a different tone than what I usually post, but stick with me. I care a lot about libraries and the pe...
Pioneer Library System Reopening Plan Disclaimer This plan was developed for libraries in the Pioneer Library System to support their local reopening plans and i...
Trustee Newsletter June 2020 System Wide Reopening Last week I asked library directors to complete a questionnaire to see where they are in planning for reop...
Trustee Newsletter Index 2020 * December 2020 * September 2020: * Pioneer Library System 31st Annual Meeting, System Wide Delivery, Monthly Board Mee...
Trustee Newsletter December 2020 2021 Advocacy Advocacy in 2021 is going to look quite a bit different than it has in previous years. Library Advocacy Day wi...
Trustee Workshops Trustee Workshops are intended for Pioneer Library System member library trustees and directors. Please register with the links provided under t...
Trustee Newsletter October 2020 31st Annual Meeting Thank you so much to everyone that was able to join us for Pioneer Library System's 31st Annual Meeting o...
Trustee Newsletter September 2020 Pioneer Library System 31st Annual Meeting Please join us for Pioneer Library System's 31st Annual Meeting on Wednesday, Oc...
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...
New Minimum Standards for New York's Public and Association Libraries Updated Minimum Standards * The following standards need to be in place at all librar...
Main.AndreaSnyder 09 Mar 2020 Census 2020 The next Decennial Federal Census will take place in 2020. Libraries can play an important role by creating awareness o...
Trustee Newsletter July 2020 System Update Services to Member Libraries At the system, we continue temporary, clean up delivery runs to help move materials ...
Guidance for Board Meetings During COVID 19 Pursuant to Governor Executive Order No. 202.1 issued 3/13/2020, the Open Meetings Law requirements for Board Meetings...
Online Storytime During COVID 19 Offering storytime during Social Distancing can help both library staff and communities feel a sense of normalcy, connection, and...
Trustee Newsletter May 2020 A Note from Ron Reopening libraries has been the dominating subject line in my inbox since the Governor's talk last Sunday. There has...
Counting Library Programs and Attendance During COVID 19 Closures Guidance from Jane Minotti, State Data Coordinator, New York State Library Counting Virtual Pro...
GoToMeeting Support For support joining a GoToMeeting session visit https://support.goto.com/meeting Tips for Better Online Meetings 1 Use video. It helps ...
Main.AndreaSnyder 19 Mar 2020 Connecting With Patrons during Extended Library Closures Virtual Ideas * Creative Bug free 2 month trial to thousands of onli...
Advocacy 2020 Follow Up Information to Advocacy Day 2020 Thank you to everyone who attended Advocacy Day 2020. Our work is not over, please send letters to your ...
Trustee Newsletter March 2020 Trustee Workshops 2020 Happy March everyone. Remember to sign up for this year's Trustee/Director Workshops. The two upcoming sessi...
January 2020 Trustee Newsletter Happy New Year! This past year (particularly in the last six months) has been a rebuilding year for us here at the System. We hav...
February 2020 Trustee Newsletter Trustee Workshops 2020 Here it is, the long awaited list of Trustee training sessions scheduled for 2020 Trustee Workshops 202...
Linux vs Active Directory In an effort to improve security, increase managability and extend the life of technology resources we have settled on two primary solut...
Inventorying Local History Materials All things start with an inventory Identifying what local history materials we have what formats and types, how much of it...
Starting a Digitization Project, pt. 1 Organize and Describe your Collection Presented by Lindsay Stratton at PLSHQ, Thursday, May 10, 2018. Outline Resources...
Historical Newspapers Master List This list attempts to pull together a master list of OWWL area historical newspapers. It draws from a variety of sources and i...
Digitization Project Planning Overview Before starting a digitization project is is invaluable to define your reasons for digitization, what you expect to get ou...
Community History Digitization Day(s) Concept Libraries/PLS host a program where community members can digitize their own family documents, photographs, etc., ...
Archives Resources Documents from various workshops and other sources. * DHYSNY workshop, Understanding Archives General and policy information * Glossary...
Local History Interest Group Meeting, Wednesday, March 21 10:00 12:00 at PLSHQ Status of previous projects Second round of microfilm digitization completed Prio...
Local History Interest Group Meeting, Friday, May 5, 2017 At Macedon Public Library Bullis Collection, 10:00 12:00 Bullis Collection tour 2016 Digitization fo...
Local History Interest Group Meeting Friday, September 30, 2016 Digitizing PLS microfilm PLS has money dedicated to digitize PLS member libraries' microfilm. W...