Monday Briefing June 28, 2021 Social Media for Small Libraries After Suzanne's fantastic ALA presentation last Friday, she was highlighted in American Librarie...
Monday Briefing June 6, 2022 Support Tickets A friendly reminder on the importance of submitting tickets for tech and Evergreen support. We receive hundreds of...
Monday Briefing April 11, 2022 State Aid for Libraries The State Budget numbers for libraries were released last night! Below are the unofficial" numbers, the...
Monday Briefing April 12, 2021 Collective Knowledge: A Library Podcast Episode Three: What Makes a Good Presentation? Ron and Suzanne talk about their though...
Monday Briefing April 19, 2021 State Aid for Library Construction The Legislature passed the 2021/2022 State Budget which includes $34 million for State Aid fo...
Monday Briefing April 25, 2022 Library Trustees Association Section (LTAS) of NYLA The Library Trustees Association Section (LTAS) of NYLA is again seeking nom...
Monday Briefing April 26, 2021 Gratitude for Opening Tickets Thank you so much to everyone who acted on my email last week and began opening tickets for Tech a...
Monday Briefing April 4, 2022 Trustee Workshop Follow Up Here are a few resources from the Policies Risk Management Trustee Handbook Book Club session: * ...
Monday Briefing April 5, 2021 A Library Podcast with Ron and Suzanne The episode where Ron and Suzanne talk about Conflicts of Interest. Unemployment Fraud Th...
Monday Briefing August 16, 2021 New York State Updates As you have all probably heard, next week Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to step down as Governor due to sexu...
Monday Briefing August 2, 2021 COVID 19 Delta Variant and Masks In response to mask inquiries over the past week, here is some information from the CDC that yo...
Library Advocacy 2022 In District Meeting Schedule Visit the Assembly and Senate Representatives page for upcoming legislative visits. Advocacy 2022 Handout.pdf...
Legislative Items Open Meetings Law and Videoconferencing (In Committee) S7261 (Hoylman). Status: In committee. Relates to videoconferencing at public meetings a...
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...
Trustee Newsletter Index 2021 2020 * December 2020 * September 2020: * Pioneer Library System 31st Annual Meeting, System Wide Delivery, Monthly Boa...
February 2020 Trustee Newsletter Trustee Workshops 2020 Here it is, the long awaited list of Trustee training sessions scheduled for 2020 Trustee Workshops 202...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Plan of Service 2022 2026 4.1 System's Mission Statement Mission Statement To offer member libraries the tools and services they need to reach their full potent...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Local History Interest Group Meeting, Friday, June 10, 2016 Newspaper Project * Catalog records added for print/bound/microfilm newspaper holdings, with links...