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. 

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

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:

• Essential policies every library should keep updated
• Tools to evaluate the strength of the policies you have now
• Guidelines to consider when revising your policies
• Suggestions for training staff on your updates
• Communicating policy to patrons

Attendees should leave with actionable ideas to strengthen, revise, and evaluate library policy manuals. 

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:

• Combined Board Materials- July 10, 2025 (Includes all files)
• Public Notice- July 10, 2025
• FY2026 July 10 - Board Agenda
• Agenda 2- Minutes from June 5, 2025 meeting

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/139EOVGodGwYQi7K7QtHSuTsL5gd6MpQ9?usp=sharing

Print materials will be available at the MBLC Office.

Zoom Meeting Information

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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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!