DirectorBriefingJuly242023
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Director Briefing July 24, 2023 Plan of Service Updates Following the System's name change, we need to make a few changes to our Plan of Service filed with the...
DirectorBriefingJuly262022
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Director Briefing July 26, 2022 First Amendment Audits There is a "First Amendment Auditor" targeting government buildings and libraries in Wyoming County. If …
DirectorBriefingJuly282025
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Director Briefing July 28, 2025 August 1 Directors Meeting: Alternative Program Ideas Our next in person Directors Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 1 …
DirectorBriefingJuly292024
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Director Briefing July 29, 2024 Apply Now: OWWL Libraries Inclusive Collections Aid Member libraries are encouraged to apply for supplemental funds to purchase...
DirectorBriefingFebruary32025
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Director Briefing February 3, 2025 Congratulations to Anne at Ontario! Last Tuesday, Anne Rehor became the new Director of the Ontario Public Library. Congratu...
DirectorBriefingFebruary52024
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Director Briefing February 5, 2024 It's Annual Report Season! Kelly has been assembling the library information packet with the Annual Report numbers from the …
DirectorBriefingFebruary62023
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Director Briefing February 6, 2023 Executive Budget FY 2024 The Executive Budget was released last week, and libraries took a significant hit. 1. Library Opera...
DirectorBriefingJanuary042023
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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 …
DirectorBriefingJanuary102023
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Director Briefing January 10, 2023 State of the State The main points Governor Hochul made in her State of the State, were her priorities to make sure New York...
DirectorBriefingJanuary132025
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Director Briefing January 13, 2025 2024 Annual Report The 2024 Annual Report for Public and Association Libraries is now available to begin filling out: https...
DirectorBriefingJanuary162024
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Director Briefing January 16, 2024 Cost of Living Calculator As a follow up to the Resource: Self Sufficiency Earnings Estimator in the last Director Briefing,...
DirectorBriefingJanuary212025
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Director Briefing January 21, 2025 System Branding, Logos, and Asset Usage With new System sponsored programs including the Library Tour up and running, I thou...
DirectorBriefingJanuary22024
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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...
DirectorBriefingJanuary222024
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Director Briefing January 22, 2024 Employee Handbook 2024 Legal Updates In 2022, we provided an Employee Handbook that could be modified for your library to co...
DirectorBriefingJanuary232023
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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...
DirectorBriefingJanuary272025
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Director Briefing January 27, 2025 Long Range Planning Cohort Beginning in March, we will host the Long Range Planning Cohort again to help libraries collect c...
DirectorBriefingJanuary292024
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Director Briefing January 29, 2024 OWWLDAC Meeting Agenda February 2, 2024 Jessica and I are still finalizing the agenda for the Feb. 2 meeting, but here is …
DirectorBriefingJanuary302023
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Director Briefing January 30, 2023 Employee Handbook 2023 Legal Updates Last year we provided an Employee Handbook that could be modified to your library to …
DirectorBriefingDecember232024
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Director Briefing December 23, 2024 Happy Holidays! I hope you all have a wonderful week and a lovely holiday. Here's a relatively simple Director Briefing for...
DirectorBriefingDecember272022
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Director Briefing December 27, 2022 OWWL.org Website Launch The long anticipated update to our OWWL.org site is scheduled to launch this week! Patrons and staf...
DirectorBriefingDecember42023
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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...
DirectorBriefingDecember52022
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Director Briefing December 5, 2022 Reminder: Tax Cap Compliance for Public Votes Each library with a public vote needs to file with the Office of the State Com...
DirectorBriefingDecember92024
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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...
DirectorBriefingFebruary102025
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Director Briefing February 10, 2025 Open Meetings Law Some questions have come in recently regarding the requirements of Open Meetings Law . Make sure that yo...
DirectorBriefingFebruary122024
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Director Briefing February 12, 2024 Annual Report Webinar February 16 at 10 AM The Division of Library Development (DLD) will be hosting a 2023 Annual Report...
DirectorBriefingFebruary132023
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Director Briefing February 13, 2023 SAM Scams / SAM Renewal from Suzanne Tis the season for SAM scams! Some of you may have or may receive somewhat aggressive …
DirectorBriefingFebruary202024
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Director Briefing February 20, 2024 Trustee Handbook Updates Upcoming Trustee Handbook Book Club Training Session What s New in the 2023 Edition of the Truste...
DirectorBriefingFebruary242025
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Director Briefing February 24, 2025 Director Meetings at OWWLHQ To respond to requests for more in person gatherings, we will begin offering informal Director …
DirectorBriefingFebruary262024
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Director Briefing February 26, 2024 Book Page from Kelly It is time to renew our BookPage subscription. Our current subscription expires on 4/30/24. BookPage i...
DirectorBriefingFebruary272023
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Director Briefing February 27, 2023 Aspen Testers from Dan Good afternoon everyone, We'd like to invite interested member library staff to participate in testi...
DirectorBriefingAugust192024
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Director Briefing August 19, 2024 Ticket System Clarification Tickets seem to be causing some confusion, according to recent conversations around the System. W...
DirectorBriefingAugust212023
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Director Briefing August 21, 2023 High Priority: Windows 10 Computers End of Life from Kelsy The following email applies to desktop computers. Stay tuned for a...
DirectorBriefingAugust232022
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Director Briefing August 23, 2022 Ordering Barcode Scanners, Receipt Printers Paper from Kelsy The OWWL Docs page on ordering supplies has been updated. On t...
DirectorBriefingAugust252025
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Director Briefing August 25, 2025 Call to Action: Tell Congress to Support Library Funding This is for all Directors, Trustees, and Staff: Please take a few mi...
DirectorBriefingAugust262024
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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...
DirectorBriefingAugust282023
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Director Briefing August 28, 2023 2023 Summer Reading Survey from Suzanne Last week, an email was sent to all Youth Services Staff and Directors with 2023 Summ...
DirectorBriefingAugust42025
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Director Briefing August 4, 2025 Analysis: System Wide Community Survey Results We received 242 responses to the System wide community survey conducted June 16...
DirectorBriefingAugust52024
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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...
DirectorBriefingAugust72023
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Director Briefing August 7, 2023 Minimum Standards Assurances OWWL Library System is required to assure the Division of Library Development that all libraries …
DirectorBriefingAugust82022
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Director Briefing August 8, 2022 Annual Meeting: October 12, 2022 This year, we are hosting our Annual Meeting and election of System Trustees via Zoom and in …
DirectorBriefingDecember112023
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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...
DirectorBriefingDecember122022
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Director Briefing December 12, 2022 2023 Advocacy and Legislative Visits I have started scheduling in district legislative visits for our Senators and Assembly...
DirectorBriefingDecember162024
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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 …
DirectorBriefingDecember182023
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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...
DirectorBriefingDecember22024
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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...
DirectorBriefingApril152024
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Director Briefing April 15, 2024 2024 FFRPL Grand Funds from Kelly If you are interested in contributing your 2024 FFRPL grant funds you receive this year to t...
DirectorBriefingApril172023
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Director Briefing April 17, 2023 System Open House: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 The System's Open House is Wednesday! Register here. Lisa Kropp, incoming NYLA Pr...
DirectorBriefingApril212025
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Director Briefing April 21, 2025 May 2025 Evergreen Requests Do you anticipate having an Evergreen data request or another significant Evergreen project, such …
DirectorBriefingApril22024
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Director Briefing April 2, 2024 Original Catalog Records Requests from Kathryn Beginning April 15, 2024, the OWWL Library System is switching to an all electro...
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