{"id":5951,"date":"2026-01-06T08:11:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=5951"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:11:21","slug":"annual-report-workshop","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/event\/annual-report-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Report Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">It&#8217;s Annual Report time of year again, and we&#8217;d like to invite you to join us for our annual Annual Report Workshop, being held\u00a0<i>in-person<\/i>\u00a0at the Parkland Office (4565 46 Street, Lacombe) on\u00a0<b><i>Monday, January 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0from 1:00 &#8211; 3:00 p.m<\/i><\/b>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">If this is your first time completing the report and\/or you&#8217;d like a quiet place (with snacks!) to work on it, please consider attending. Olya and Jessica will be on hand at the workshop to answer questions and assist you.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\">Our aim with this workshop is that attendees can come away with a completed\/nearly completed report ready for Board approval.<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Here is the link to register:\u00a0<a id=\"OWA2e6c8e78-84ea-4aa0-aadc-b08786ff3ea1\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/parklandab.wufoo.com\/forms\/z1hj53j00jhhfam\/\" href=\"https:\/\/parklandab.wufoo.com\/forms\/z1hj53j00jhhfam\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">https:\/\/parklandab.wufoo.com\/forms\/z1hj53j00jhhfam\/<\/a>. Registration will be open until end of day on\u00a0<b><i>Friday, January 23rd<\/i><\/b>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b>**Please Note:<\/b> Once you register, we will send you the Annual Report Workshop calendar event.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b>Important Annual Report Information:<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<ul data-editing-info=\"{&quot;applyListStyleFromLevel&quot;:false,&quot;unorderedStyleType&quot;:2}\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\">You will need a LibPAS login in order to submit your annual report. If you aren&#8217;t sure whether or not you have one, please email Jen Pringle at\u00a0<a id=\"OWA39f3065d-0615-fd8b-60e6-9da416219c54\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"mailto:jen.pringle@gov.ab.ca\" href=\"mailto:jen.pringle@gov.ab.ca\" data-linkindex=\"1\">jen.pringle@gov.ab.ca<\/a>\u00a0to confirm\/get set up with access.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\">The annual\u00a0report is a yearly report to the Minister of Municipal Affairs about the governance and activities of your library board and the public libraries it operates. It is legislatively required through section 15 of the Alberta Libraries Regulation, which states \u201cA municipal library board or intermunicipal library board shall annually complete and file with the Minister a report in a form and containing the information required by the Minister.\u201d It is also a component of the library board\u2019s annual public library operating grant application. It must be submitted to PLSB for your board to be considered eligible for the funding.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\">All Alberta public library annual reports are due to the Public Library Services Branch (PLSB) by\u00a0<b><i>February 28<sup>th<\/sup><\/i><\/b>\u00a0each year.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" role=\"presentation\">If you are unable to make it to the workshop, please take some time to watch the \u201c<i>Intro to the Survey &amp; Annual Report Video Guide<\/i>\u201d and the \u201c<i>Survey and Annual Report Walkthrough Video Guide<\/i>.\u201d Both are available from the landing screen at\u00a0<a id=\"OWA5674c3a8-0ceb-ec96-b4af-de1ff10cb2dd\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/ab.countingopinions.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/ab.countingopinions.com\/\" data-linkindex=\"2\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">ab.countingopinions.com<\/a>\u00a0once you log in, along with other documents to assist you.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Please don&#8217;t hesitate to reach out to your Consultant Librarian if you have questions about the Annual Report or would like support with its completion.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Annual Report time of year again, and we&#8217;d like to invite you to join us for our annual Annual Report Workshop, being held\u00a0in-person\u00a0at the Parkland Office (4565 46 Street, Lacombe) on\u00a0Monday, January 26th\u00a0from 1:00 &#8211; 3:00 p.m. If this is your first time completing the report and\/or you&#8217;d like &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[2],"class_list":["post-5951","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-parkland-workshop","cat_parkland-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/5951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/5951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5952,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/5951\/revisions\/5952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5951"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=5951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}