• After the Vote -- A Checklist
• Bach/Schofield article: "Increasing Autonomy: Rechartering Your Public Library"
• Civil Service and Public Procurement
• Collecting Taxes
• Consolidating and Merging Libraries
• Education and Advocacy Campaigns. See also:
  • [Presentation] How Libraries in New York State Can Reach Out to Their Communities; available in:
    • .PDF [3.9meg]
    • PowerPoint [8.2meg]
  • Public Library Vote Toolbox; from the Mid-Hudson Library System (opens in a new window)
  • Pioneer Library System Education and Advocacy Tutorial
  • Campaign Q&A Documents
• Election Responsibilities
• Law Pamphlet 9; Education Corporations
• Library Budget Votes, Based on Annual Reports for Public and Association Libraries
• Long-Range Plans
• Maps: chartered library service areas
• Minimum State Standards
  • Helpful Hints for meeting...Standards
• Municipal Ballot Votes for Library Funding in New York State [.PDF , 685k]; (third edition, 2020, from Mid-Hudson Library System)
• New Public Library Districts [created] 1999-present
• Public Library District Facilities
• Public Library District Questions and Answers
• [Presentation] Public Library Districts: What they are & How they are created; also available in:
  • .PDF [121k]
  • PowerPoint [292k]
• [Presentation] Public Library Districts and Their Funding Options; available in:
  • .PDF [89k]
  • PowerPoint [106k]
• Public Library Expense Checklist
• Public Library Statistics: Bibliostat Connect
• Public Library Investments
• Readiness Checklist
• Regents Policy

• Relevant Laws, Regulations and Rulings:
  • Ed. Law 255.1 -- establishment of a school district public library
  • Ed. Law 259
    • school district ballot | municipal ballot
  • Ed. Law 260.7 -- elections, school district public libraries
  • Ed. Law 260.8 -- school district public library trustee petitions
  • Ed. Law 2018 -- election of school district public library trustees
  • Home Rule
  • Ed. Law; Department letter re: tax payments to libraries
  • Comptroller's Opinion re: tax anticipation notes and library funding
• Sample Bylaws for Association Libraries
• Sample Community Surveys:
  • Generic survey
  • Mail survey
  • Personal Interview (off-site)
  • Young adult survey
  • Community Library Survey Tutorial
• Sample Legislation -- PL Districts
• Sample Legal Notices:
  • School District
  • Special Legislative District
• Sample Letter re: School District ballot
• Sample Petitions
  • Create and Fund School District Public Library
  • Trustee Nominations
• Steps -- How to Do It:
  • Municipal Ballot (Ch. 414)
  • School Ballot
  • School District Public Library
  • Special Legislative District Public Library
• Tax Exempt Status
• Timeline for Creating School District PL
• Timeline for Creating Special Legislative District PL
• Types of Libraries -- A Comparison

Models

• School District Public Library
• Special Legislative PL District
• Association Library District

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