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...
Local History Interest Group meeting, Friday, March 11, 2016 10:00 12:00, PLSHQ Collaborative Space Newspaper Inventory progress Anecdote I mentioned at an RRL...
Local History Interest Group, Friday, September 18, 2015 PLSHQ Large Meeting Room, 10:00 12:00 Agenda Introductions Attendees: Sue Reding, Arcade; Chris Ryan, A...
Ad Blocker uBlock Origin Overview We configure Linux and Active Directory clients with the uBlock Origin ad blocker in Firefox and Chrome by default. Ad block...
Print Release Notes Printer Setup Note: Don't use auto detected HP printers. Instead manually configure the printer using HP JetDirect (socket://:9100). Auto d...
Linux Printing Microsoft Office Docs Overview Linux computers run Libre Office rather than Microsoft Office. For most basic documents this is fine but for compl...