DirectorBriefingApril222024
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Director Briefing April 22, 2024 First Amendment Audits and Protests in Libraries Concern over First Amendment Audits and protests in libraries have been brewi...
DirectorBriefingApril242023
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Director Briefing April 24, 2023 Updated Computer Purchasing from Bob Updated computer purchasing form with new pricing from Dell. The All In One computers no …
DirectorBriefingApril282025
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Director Briefing April 28, 2025 Construction Aid Contact Update and Intent to Apply We're making some minor changes, and I (Ron) will be the contact for Cons...
DirectorBriefingApril292024
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Director Briefing April 29, 2024 OWWLDAC Meeting OWWLDAC is scheduled for Friday, May 3, 2024, at 10 AM. Here is the link to the draft agenda and Zoom informat...
DirectorBriefingApril32023
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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...
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Director Briefing April 7, 2025 IMLS Update In March 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the dissolution of the Institute of Mus...
DirectorBriefingAugust112025
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Director Briefing August 11, 2025 Red Creek Goes Fine Free Congratulations to Patti at Red Creek for going fine free last week! There are now 31 libraries Syst...
DirectorBriefingAugust122024
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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....
DirectorBriefingAugust142023
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Director Briefing August 14, 2023 OWWL Library System Board Meeting Follow Up The OWWL Library System Board of Trustees met on August 9, 2023. Here are a few h...
DirectorBriefingAugust162022
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Director Briefing August 16, 2022 Trustee Handbook Book Club After Party Part II The Trustee Handbook Book Club After Party Part II is now live on Mid Hudson...
DirectorBriefingAugust182025
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Director Briefing August 18, 2025 Tell Congress: Support Federal Library Funding Many library systems across New York are joining together during the week of A...
DirectorBriefingApril142025
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Director Briefing April 14, 2025 Clarification on Posting Meeting Minutes on Library Website Open Meetings Law requires that board meeting minutes must be po...
PolicyLibrary
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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...
COSAG
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Coordinated Outreach Services Advisory Group (COSAG) _ Under New York State Education Law, §273 (1) (h) (1), and Commissioner's Regulations §90.3, Public Library …
Construction
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State Aid for Library Construction Program Please visit https://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/construc/ for all up to date Construction Aid information. The deadline...
AssemblySenateRepresentatives
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Assembly Senate Representatives Legislator Libraries Contact Information Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan 131st DistrictMap Clifton Springs Geneva Gorham Ph...
TrusteeEducation
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Trustee Education Trustee Education Requirements Beginning January 1, 2023, each member, elected or appointed, of a board of trustees shall be required to comple...
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EmployeeHandbookTemplateProject
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Employee Handbook Template Project Deliverables 2025 Legal Updates 2025 Legal Updates and Instructions for Handbook Only (Clean).docx *Base Handbook with 2025 L...
SystemOrientationForNewTrustees
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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...
TrusteeNewsletterJuly2020
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Trustee Newsletter July 2020 System Update Services to Member Libraries At the system, we continue temporary, clean up delivery runs to help move materials …
TrusteeNewsletterJulyAugust2020
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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 …
TrusteeNewsletterSeptember2020
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Trustee Newsletter September 2020 Pioneer Library System 31st Annual Meeting Please join us for Pioneer Library System's 31st Annual Meeting on Wednesday, Oc...
TrusteeNewsletterSeptember2021
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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 …
TrusteeRolesResponsibilities
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Roles Responsibilities of Library Trustees Duties Responsibilities of Trustees For New Trustees Each public library is chartered by the Board of Regents of th...
BoardPresidentBriefingJune212022
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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...
DevelopingLibraryPolicies
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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...
FourLibraryTypes
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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...
LongRangePlanning
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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...
BoardPresidentBriefingDecember2023
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Board President Briefing December 2023 Tax Cap Compliance for Public Votes Each library with a public vote must file with the Office of the State Comptroller r...
BoardPresidentBriefing
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Board President Briefing Introduction The Board President Briefing is a communication piece from Ron Kirsop, Executive Director of OWWL Library System to the Boa...
TrusteeNewsletterApril2021
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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...
TrusteeWorkshops
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Trustee Workshops 2022 Trustee Workshops State Aid for Library Construction Info Session Monday, January 10, 2022 Join us for an information session regarding...
EffectiveBoardMeetings
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Effective Board Meetings Meeting in the Time of COVID 19 https://docs.owwl.org/Community/BoardMeetingsDuringCOVID19 Introduction Board Meetings Board meetings a...
Facilities
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Facilities Planning for Your Library December 2021 Recording Watch the December 6, 2021 recording on YouTube . Introduction Education Department Regulations (8...
Laws
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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...
PatronPrivacyAndAccessPolicies
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Patron Privacy and Access Policies Introduction to Patron Privacy in Libraries Responsibilities of Libraries * The library profession has a long standing eth...
PerformanceEvaluations
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Performance Evaluations Recording Click here to watch the November 8, 2021 workshop recording . Evaluating Your Director In order to maintain clear communicati...
PublicLibraryFinancialOversight
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Public Library Financial Oversight Budgets Public library boards are legally responsible for the library's finances and financial management. As custodians of pu...
ResourcesQAWithRonAtNewarkLibraryOnJune82023
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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 …
BoardPresidentBriefingMay2023
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Board President Briefing May 2023 The Devastating Business Impacts of a Cyber Breach On May 4, 2023, Harvard Business Review published "The Devastating Busines...
BoardPresidentBriefingSeptember2023
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Board President Briefing September 2023 Special Trustee Workshop: Legal Talk Stephanie Cole Adams, Esq. on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Stephanie Adams, Esq. (t...
BookChallenges
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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...
BudgetingQAWithRonAndKelly
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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...
BoardPresidentBriefingFebruary2023
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Board President Briefing February 2023 Trustee Education Requirement Library Trustees are now required to track and report their continuing education. Each Tru...
BoardPresidentBriefingJune2023
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Board President Briefing June 2023 Action Item Request: Member Library Board Agreement, Systems Access and Confidentiality of Library Records Policy In the com...
Advocacy
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Advocacy for Libraries Representatives * AssemblySenateRepresentatives * Find my Assemblyperson * Find my Senator FY 2024 Legislative Agenda * Lib...
LibraryAdvocacy2024
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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...
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