As part of the New York Community Trust Census Equity Fund grant program, Library Sustainability Coordinator, Casey Conlin will be presenting workshops in Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, Ulster and counties, as well as a webinar that will provide an overview of the upcoming Census, tools and strategies for promoting the Census, and best practices for supporting community members in completing the Census questionnaire.

• Monday, February 3^rd | 10:00am-12:00pm | Saugerties Public Library (snow date 2/10)
• Tuesday, February 11^th | 10:00am-12:00pm | MHLS Auditorium (snow date 3/3)
• Friday, February 21^st | 10:00am-12:00pm | Desmond-Fish Public Library | (snow date 3/10)
• Thursday, February 27^th | 10:00am-12:00pm | Cairo Public Library (snow date 3/12)
• Friday, February 28^th | 10:00am-12:00pm | Claverack Free Library (snow date 3/18)
• Monday, March 16^th | 10:00am-12:00pm | Online

To learn more about this workshop or to register for one of the sessions please visit http://calendar.midhudson.org

There is still time to register for the Local History & Special Collections Roundtable on Thursday, January 16 from 10:00-11:00am.

United for Libraries, the American Library Association (ALA) Public Policy and Advocacy office and the Census Counts campaign launched Library Census Champions, a new network of state, local and tribal library Trustees helping their libraries and communities prepare for the 2020 Census. Trustees can find more info to sign up to become a Library Census Champion and receive free information, resources, and actions to take to ensure a fair and accurate census.

Sign up today: http://bit.ly/LibraryCensusChampions

New York State Public Officer’s Law §10 (https://bit.ly/2Qk5Nlu) 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 public library trustee. If a public library trustee does not properly complete and file an oath of office, the trustee’s position may be deemed vacant. See Public Officer’s Law §30(1)(h) (https://bit.ly/2SQEOzI). For more information about how and why the oath of office is administered, and where to properly file an oath of office, please see the Oaths of Office FAQ on the New York State Library website: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/trustees/oath.htm