Check out the Library Board Meetings chapter for all the latest updates on New York State’s Open Meetings Law and how it applies to public and association libraries. This includes clarification of what documents need to be publicly available on the library’s web site in advance of board meetings; what should be included in the
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The Trustee Handbook Book Club will continue in 2024! Thank you to all who attended the Trustee Handbook Book Club sessions last year. We hope to see you this year for the continuation of this one-of-a-kind series. Join Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, co-author of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State, and friends for this
February 7th is Library Advocacy Day, and we need all the voices we can get to speak up for library aid! NYLA makes it easy through their Online Advocacy Center. Fill out the form to send the prewritten message or personalize the text before sending. After you use the form, spread the word about the Online Advocacy Center
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MHLS Executive Director & Co-Author of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State is a monthly installment where Rebekkah will answer your questions! Feel free to submit your question here or contact Rebekkah at rsmith@midhudson.org with the subject line: AMA Trustee Question.
New York State Public Officer’s Law §10 requires all public library trustees (but not association library trustees) to take and file an oath of office within 30 days of beginning their term of office. Public library trustees are public officers, and the oath of office is required to officially undertake and perform the duties of a
Please join us on February 7th in Albany for the New York Library Association (NYLA) Library Advocacy Day! This event brings together library advocates from across New York State to converge on Albany to voice their support for funding and policies that benefit libraries. Your attendance can make a BIG impact. Find out more about
There is still time to register for the final 2023 session of the Trustee Handbook Book Club on December 19th from 5:00 – 6:30 pm. The topic is Financing & Managing Construction Projects. This online session is 1.5 credit hours toward the NYS Trustee Education Requirements.
Trustee Tip of the Month: Annual evaluation of the library director as well as the library board are key ingredients to a healthy organization. Evaluating the director without a companion evaluation of the board can create a lopsided evaluation strategy of the governance and management of the organization, so be sure to plan for both,
The 2023 Edition of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State is now available to purchase from Mid-Hudson Library System! MHLS member library participants in the MHLS workshop/webinar: “Trustee Essentials” will receive a code upon completion of that event or a complimentary copy of the 2023 Edition of the Handbook for Library Trustees
Don’t miss the next session in the Trustee Handbook Book Club Series, Financing & Managing Construction Projects December 19th at 5:00 pm. Join co-author of the Handbook For Library Trustees of New York State Rebekkah Smith Aldrich and friends for this fun and informative series!
