Director Briefing January 2, 2024 Welcome to 2024 Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all celebrated, relaxed, and enjoyed the first day of 2024. As you consi...
Board President Briefing Introduction The Board President Briefing is a communication piece from Ron Kirsop, Executive Director of OWWL Library System to the Boa...
Resources: Q A with Ron at Wadsworth Library in Geneseo on April 27, 2023 Where can I watch the Recording of this Session? There were some issues with the record...
Trustee Newsletter April 2021 Libraries and Fines While COVID 19 halted many library activities, the trend toward eliminating fines and fees gained quite a bit o...
Trustee Workshops 2022 Trustee Workshops State Aid for Library Construction Info Session Monday, January 10, 2022 Join us for an information session regarding...
Director Briefing September 11, 2023 OWWL Library System Annual Meeting and Trustee Workshop October 11, 2023 On October 11, 2023 the OWWL Library System wil...
Effective Board Meetings Meeting in the Time of COVID 19 https://docs.owwl.org/Community/BoardMeetingsDuringCOVID19 Introduction Board Meetings Board meetings a...
Facilities Planning for Your Library December 2021 Recording Watch the December 6, 2021 recording on YouTube . Introduction Education Department Regulations (8...
Key Laws Regulations for Libraries Recording Click here to view the recording of the March 10, 2023, Trustee Workshop on Key Laws and Regulations for Librarie...
Monday Briefing January 04, 2022 Assembly Bill A5837B Vetoed by Governor Hochul A5837B relates to requiring publishers to offer licenses for electronic books...
Monday (Tuesday) Briefing January 18, 2022 NYLA News NYLA's New Executive Director NYLA has selected a new Executive Director, here is a snippet from the pres...
March 22, 2021 Listen to the Monday Briefing COVID 19 Update AstraZeneca Vaccine The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford ...
Monday Briefing November 15, 2021 PLSDAC Follow Up Thanks to everyone who was able to participate in Friday's PLDAC Meeting . A few follow up items are below….
Patron Privacy and Access Policies Introduction to Patron Privacy in Libraries Responsibilities of Libraries * The library profession has a long standing eth...
Performance Evaluations Recording Click here to watch the November 8, 2021 workshop recording . Evaluating Your Director In order to maintain clear communicati...
Public Library Financial Oversight Budgets Public library boards are legally responsible for the library's finances and financial management. As custodians of pu...
Resources: Q A with Ron at Newark Library on June 8, 2023 What is the Role of a Public Library Treasurer? The office of Treasurer varies greatly, depending upon ...
Resources: Q A with Ron at Stevens Memorial Library on July 10, 2023 Can Trustees attend Board Meetings remotely? No. Unless the Board does some upfront work. Th...
Board President Briefing May 2023 The Devastating Business Impacts of a Cyber Breach On May 4, 2023, Harvard Business Review published "The Devastating Busines...
Board President Briefing September 2023 Special Trustee Workshop: Legal Talk Stephanie Cole Adams, Esq. on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Stephanie Adams, Esq. (t...
A Board's Guide to Book Bans and Challenges in Public Libraries Recording * Recording from March 10, 2022 * Slides from March 10, 2022 Why Are We Discussi...
Budgeting Q A with Ron and Kelly July 17, 2023 Recording June 17, 2023 Budgeting Q A with Ron and Kelly What is a budget? A Budget is a… * Orderly financ...
Director Briefing April 3, 2023 OWWL Library System Open House We hope you will join us for OWWL Library System's Open House on April 19, 2023 at 1 PM. We will...
Director Briefing December 4, 2023 OWWLDAC Follow Up If you were unable to make the OWWLDAC Meeting last Friday, here is a summary of the discussions: * Sev...
Director Briefing January 04, 2023 Happy New Year! Happy New Year, everyone. I'm looking forward to working with all of you in 2023! Processing Lost Payments ...
Director Briefing January 23, 2023 State Aid for Library Construction Info Session January 31, 2023 at 4:00 PM A reminder that Suzanne's annual State Aid for...
Director Briefing July 31, 2023 Upcoming Trustee Workshops Feel free to remind your Trustees of these upcoming and recorded workshops… Workshop Date Ti...
Director Briefing June 12, 2023 June All System Meeting from Suzanne The next All System Meeting is this, Friday, June 16, at 10am. Following announcements, Ch...
Director Briefing March 13, 2023 PLSDAC Follow Up Thank you to everyone who was able to attend PLSDAC on Friday, March 10, 2023. If you couldn't make it, here ...
Director Briefing May 8, 2023 State Aid for Library Construction from Suzanne Spring/summer is a busy time for Construction Aid, so I wanted to send a few remi...
Director Briefing October 3, 2022 Website Compliance Policing compliance issues is not a task I particularly enjoy, so I greatly appreciate all of the librarie...
Board President Briefing February 2023 Trustee Education Requirement Library Trustees are now required to track and report their continuing education. Each Tru...
Board President Briefing June 2023 Action Item Request: Member Library Board Agreement, Systems Access and Confidentiality of Library Records Policy In the com...
Library Advocacy 2024 Advocacy Day February 7, 2023 List of appointments coming soon. NYLA Initiatives Fund Protect Empower As 2023 winds to a close, it...
Director Briefing December 18, 2023 Resources Page on OWWL.org If you look at the Resources page on our website (https://owwl.org/resources/), you'll see Kanop...
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 December 11, 2023 Library Card Order from Kelly Hello Everyone, I will be placing a library card order at the end of December. Please check y...
Director Briefing November 27, 2023 2023 System Satisfaction Survey _ Please complete the 2023 System Satisfaction Survey by December 1, 2023! _ Each year, L...
Director Briefing November 20, 2023 State Aid for Library Construction from Suzanne The FY2025 State Aid for Library Construction Info Session will be held vir...
Director Briefing November 13, 2023 Sunsetting the TPAC On January 8, we will shut down the TPAC (the old Evergreen OPAC), making Aspen Discovery the exclusive...
2023 Planning Cohort Introduction To support long range planning in 2023, the OWWL Library System will host a planning cohort made of member libraries looking to...
Director Briefing November 6, 2023 2023 Trustee Handbook It's finally here! The 2023 Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State was released last week dur...
Director Briefing October 16, 2023 Closed dates for 2024 from Dan Please add your 2024 closed dates in Evergreen in the next few weeks. Having them in Evergree...
Director Briefing October 10, 2023 Discontinuing $5.00 Out of System Interlibrary Loan Fee The $5.00 ILL fee billed to libraries for patron Out of System Inter...
Director Briefing October 2, 2023 Banned Books Week Freedom to Read Bookmarks Happy Banned Books Week, everyone! In celebration of the Freedom to Read, I've d...
Director Briefing September 26, 2023 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training All Directors, Library Staff, and Library Trustees are mandated by law to complete t...
Director Briefing September 18, 2023 Kanopy Launch OWWL Library System is funding Kanopy, OverDrive 's streaming video service. The planned soft launch date is...