Title: | State Aid Office Hours |
From: | 9:00am Wednesday, July 9, 2025 |
To: | 10:00am Wednesday, July 9, 2025 |
Categories: | State Aid |
Description: |
Join Cate Merlin, Head of State Programs, and your fellow Library Directors seeking advice and answers as we embark upon the FY26 budget season. Make sure your next budget, materials spending, and hours open fully meet State Aid requirements, and share ideas for budget strategies with others- registration is not required, and session and chats will not be recorded or saved. |
Title: | ARIS workshop - Morning Session |
From: | 10:00am Wednesday, July 9, 2025 |
To: | 12:30pm Wednesday, July 9, 2025 |
Location: | Online |
Categories: | ARIS |
Registration: | Registration is required for this event. |
Description: |
The Annual Report Information Survey (ARIS) Workshops will be held via Zoom. Review the Annual Survey and learn about the new questions that will appear. Workshop information (meeting ID, etc.) will be emailed to registered participants as the date of the session approaches. Please be sure to enter your email address accurately, otherwise you will not receive the workshop information or any reminders. Questions, please contact uechi.ng@mass.gov |
Title: | Fortifying Your Library: Protecting Your Library and Staff Through Policy |
From: | 2:00pm Wednesday, July 9, 2025 |
To: | 3:00pm Wednesday, July 9, 2025 |
Presenter: | Al Hayden |
Location: | Online |
Categories: | Resource Sharing, Trustees & Friends |
Description: |
This program is presented by Niche Academy in partnership with the MBLC. It is free and open to all who are interested. You can register here: nicheacademy.com/fortifying-your-library-protecting-your-library-and-staff-through-policy Al Hayden offers practical advice for strengthening, revising, and evaluating your library policies. Libraries are in need of updated policies now more than ever. Strong policy is one of the best ways to protect library staff, prevent issues, and keep unpreventable issues from escalating too far. Join us for this webinar, which will offer practical advice for revising your library's policies with:
Attendees should leave with actionable ideas to strengthen, revise, and evaluate library policy manuals. |
Title: | MBLC Board Meeting (July) |
From: | 10:00am Thursday, July 10, 2025 |
To: | 12:30pm Thursday, July 10, 2025 |
Location: | MBLC Offices |
Categories: | MBLC Board Meeting |
Description: |
The regular monthly business meeting of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners is scheduled for 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, July 10, 2025. This meeting will be hybrid.
Materials on Google Drive are all PDF:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/139EOVGodGwYQi7K7QtHSuTsL5gd6MpQ9?usp=sharing
Print materials will be available at the MBLC Office.
Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/0FwBdG1RRhmk1BJtEh9wFQ
Dial in number: (646) 558-8656/ Meeting ID: 814 1904 1485
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Title: | Introduction to Web Accessibility |
From: | 2:00pm Thursday, July 10, 2025 |
To: | 3:00pm Thursday, July 10, 2025 |
Location: | Online |
Categories: | Internet, Technology, and Access |
Registration: | Registration is required for this event. |
Description: |
Join us for Introduction to Web Accessibility, the first webinar in a new series discussing digital accessibility topics. We'll discuss the Department of Justice ADA Title II ruling and how it affects libraries as well as some accessibility basics to get you started. Have specific questions? Check out our accessibility office hours, coming soon! |