Friends of Libraries Section Newsletters

Friends News and Notes is the quarterly newsletter of the Friends of Libraries Section (FLS).  FLS replaces the Empire Friends Roundtable as of the NYLA Annual Membership Meeting on November 6, 2014.  

Newsletters will be published in November, January, April, and August (schedule subject to change based on availablility of relevant information).
Newsletters are mailed to members of FLS. NYLA/FLS Friends Group Organizational Members will be notified when a newsletter issue is published online, A complete archive of FLS newsletters is posted on this FLS web page.

FLS is grateful to the good people of General Code who have facilitated the printing of the FLS (and originally the EFR) newsletter from 1996 through the December 2019 issue.You have helped us to provide our cornerstone member benefit, Friends News and Notes!

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Empire Friends Roundtable Archives

Friends News and Notes, FLS Newsletter Current Issue

April 2023 (Volume 9 #3)

April 2023 (Volume 9 #3) FLS Contents



Friends News and Notes, FLS Newsletter Archives 

Volume 9; November 2022 - October 2023

January 2023 (Volume 9 #2) (conference program wrap-up and a whole lot more!)

January 2023 (Volume 9 #2) Contents


November 2022 (Volume 9 #1) FLS Annual Report to the Membership

November 2022 (Volume 9 #1) FLS Annual Report to the Membership Contents



Volume 8; December 2021 - October 2022

October 2022 (Volume 8 #4) FLS 30th Anniversary Issue

October 2022 (Volume 8 #4) FLS 30th Anniversary Issue Contents


August 2022 (Volume 8 #3)

August 2022 (Volume 8 #3) Contents


April 2022 (Volume 8 #2)

April 2022 (Volume 8 #2) Contents


December 2021 (Volume 8 #1)
Click here for a PDF of Christopher Lund at the Conference, the 2021 FLS Randall Enos Conference Scholarship recipient.

December 2021 (Volume 8 #1) Contents



Volume 7; December 2020 - September 2021

August September 2021 (Volume 7 #4)
Click here for a PDF of FLS information relating to the 2021 NYLA Conferences.

August September 2021 (Volume 7 #4) Contents


May June 2021 (Volume 7 #3)

May June 2021 (Volume 7 #3) Contents


March 2021 (Volume 7 #2)

March 2021 (Volume 7 #2) Contents


December 2020 (Volume 7 #1) includes the 2020 FLS Annual Report to the Membership

December 2020 (Volume 7 #1) Contents



Volume 6; December 2019 - September 2020

August - September 2020 (Volume 6 #4)

August - September 2020 (Volume 6 #4) Contents


June 2020 (Volume 6 #3)

June Newsletter Insert

June 2020 (Volume 6 #3) Contents


March 2020 (Volume 6 #2)

March 2020 (Volume 6 #2) Contents


December 2019 (Volume 6 #1)

December 2019 (Volume 6 #1) Contents


Volume 5; December 2018 - September 2019

September 2019 (Volume 5 # 4)

September 2019 (Volume 5 # 4)  Contents


June 2019 (Volume 5 # 3)
     Three page FLS 2019 NYLA Annual Conference Info (pages 3-6 of newsletter)

June 2019 (Volume 5 # 3) Contents


March 2019 (Volume 5 # 2)
     Centerfold - FLS Randall Enos Conference Scholarship Packet

March 2019 (Volume 5 # 2) Contents


December 2018 (Volume 5 # 1)

December 2018 (Volume 5 # 1) Contents


Volume 4; December 2017 - September 2018

September 2018 (volume 4, # 4) 
Also included in the mailing of this newsletter: FLS Active Member Form - Ways you can help FLS!

September 2018 (volume 4, # 4) Contents


June 2018 (volume 4, # 3)

June 2018 (volume 4, #3) Contents


March 2018 (volume 4, # 2)

March 2018 (volume 4, # 2) Contents


December 2017 (volume 4, # 1)

December 2017 (volume 4, # 1) Contents


Volume 3; December 2016 - September 2017

September 2017 (volume 3, # 4)

September 2017 (volume 3, # 4) Contents


June 2017 (volume 3, # 3)

June 2017 (volume 3, # 3) Contents


March 2017 (volume 3, # 2)

March 2017 (volume 3, # 2) Contents


December 2016 (volume 3, # 1)

December 2016 (volume 3, # 1) Contents


Volume 2; December 2015 - September 2016

Sept 2016 (volume 2, # 4)

Sept 2016 (volume 2, # 4) Contents


June 2016 (volume 2, # 3)

June 2016 (volume 2, # 3) Contents


March 2016 (volume 2, # 2)

March 2016 (volume 2, # 2) Contents


December 2015 (volume 2, # 1)

December 2015 (volume 2, # 1) Contents

* This FLS article has been reprinted in The Voice for America's Libraries, the publication of ALA's United for Libraries.
Click here for a PDF file of the newsletter. The reprinted article is on page 7.

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Volume 1; December 2014 - September 2015

September 2015 (volume 1, # 4)

September 2015 (volume 1, # 4) Contents


June 2015 (volume 1, # 3)

June 2015 (volume 1, # 3) Contents


March 2015 (volume 1, # 2)

March 2015 (volume 1, # 2) Contents


December 2014 (volume 1, # 1)

December 2014 (volume 1, # 1) Contents



Empire Friends Roundtable Newsletter Archives

News and Notes from the Library Friends Roundtable of the New York Library Association
The Empire Friends Roundtable published three newsletters annually for 19 years (winter, spring, and fall). Archive copies of the last year, 2014, may be found below.

In general, each issue included a message from the EFR President, contact information for the members of the EFR Executive Board, and an EFR membership form.  A semi-regular column, “Good Ideas from All Over,” highlighted projects and events that Friends groups could consider implementing for their library.  In the “Contents” lists below, these regular features are not itemized.

Fall 2014

Fall 2014 Contents (Issue No. 57) The final EFR newsletter!


Spring 2014

Spring 2014 Contents (Issue No. 56)


Winter 2014

Winter 2014 Contents (Issue No. 55)

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