The Intranet is designed as a go-to place for information for member library staff on a number of topics. We hope the recent reorganisation makes it easier to use.
Links to frequently used pages and files will be posted here for convenience:
Broome County COVID Map – https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/broome-new-york-covid-cases.html
Chenango County COVID Map – https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/chenango-new-york-covid-cases.html
Delaware County COVID Map – https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/delaware-new-york-covid-cases.html
Otsego County COVID Map- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/otsego-new-york-covid-cases.html
4CLS Annual Membership Meeting
June 7, 2021 – GoToMeeting
3:00 PM
- Call to Order & Roll Call
- Approval of 2020 Annual Meeting Minutes
- Nomination & Election of Trustees
- Chenango County – TBA
- At Large – TBA
- Brief Remarks by 4CLS Executive Director Steven Bachman
- Adjournment
After each decennial census, every state and local government electing legislators from single-member districts must redraw district boundaries to comply with federal, state, and local laws governing population equality, minority voting rights, and other criteria.
Join Jeff Wice, an Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow at the New York Law School, for an informative training session on how this process will affect your communities.
Click here to register for the webinar.
Learn about the guidelines and application process for the New York State Construction Aid Program. State money is available for a variety of library construction needs. 4CLS’s allocation will be almost One Million Dollars!
Find out how to get some for your library!
This webinar is open to library staff, volunteers, and trustees,
Click here to register.
This online workshop will provide a refresher and overview of strategic planning principles and procedures. Participants will learn the basic concepts and get familiarised with the tools required to go out and do quality community-based strategic planning. Follow-up meetings will be scheduled for the debriefing the results.
Registrants will be encouraged to put the concepts into practice.
The program will be recorded. Please register by April 17. Registrants will receive a packet of information via e-mail in advance of the workshop.
Contact Steve at sbachman@4cls.org with any questions.
Please register for Library Trustee Orientation – Part 3 – Legal Basics on Mar 17, 2021 5:00 PM EDT at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/791290344132609549
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Please register for Library Trustee Orientation – Part 2 – Financial & Fiduciary Responsibility on Mar 10, 2021 5:00 PM EST at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6481401556338501645
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Please register for Library Trustee Orientation – Part 1 – Overview on Mar 3, 2021 5:00 PM EST at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/684191314517440013
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
The Annual Report software portal is open!
Basic Info
The deadline for completion is March 1.
This information and more can be found on the full Annual Report page
Responses to New Questions:
Please note that responses to new questions requiring numerical data, those which have not been included in the annual report before, may be estimated or left blank for the first year.
New Questions:
Section 5A has been added to this year’s report with questions addressing the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Library Systems. Please see the corresponding pop-up instructions and/or section 5A in the instructions document when answering these questions.
Due to COVID our workshop for the Annual Report for Public and Association Libraries will be virtual. Join us for the third of three events where we will tackle the programming portion of the report.
