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• a fully accessible design, so everyone can enjoy easy navigation 
• a power search option, and
• improved category and audience filters to make it easier to find the events and training that interest you

If you registered for an event on the old calendar, do not worry. We have transferred all registrations. 

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Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) is a cooperative public library system chartered by the New York State Board of Regents and overseen by the New York State Education Department via the Division of Library Development (DLD). MHLS is dedicated to working together with sixty-six (66) member libraries in the Mid-Hudson region to strengthen local library services while saving local tax dollars. MHLS provides much-needed resources to member libraries and multiplies the funds that make it possible for local libraries to continue to serve patrons, and keep our communities strong, connected, and thriving, well into the future.

For more information, visit www.midhudson.org or follow the library system on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Road Trip: The MHLS Road Trip is a collaborative program between our member libraries in Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, and Ulster counties, encouraging community members to visit all 66 libraries in the system during the timeframe.

Timeframe of project: Road Trip itself would run from the first week of June 2025 – mid October. Graphics to be completed by the beginning of March 2025.

Goals:

• Community engagement, including beyond the existing patron base
• Vibe: excitement / fun
• People share their experience with others (e.g. via social media, Story App, word-of-mouth)
• Local press coverage
• People learning about other libraries and the Mid-Hudson Library System; understanding more how we all work together to produce quality library services for our communities

Deliverables:

• Logo for the “MHLS Road Trip”
• Map of service area
• 3 related illustrations to use in marketing the Road Trip (posters, stickers, bookmarks, etc.)

Please provide:

• estimated project hours and quote for services
• Links to work samples/portfolio
• 2 references from past clients

Contact: Stephanie Werskey, Library Sustainability Associate & Communications Specialist; swerskey@midhudson.org; 845-471-6060 x.253

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.

How people receive and interpret information in today’s media-saturated world requires boards to put more energy and fundings towards public relations and advocacy work. The chapter on Public Relations & Advocacy is much more detailed, delving into issues around reputation management and crisis communications for the first time in the Handbooks’ history.

Trustee responsibilities are small in number but broad in scope. This monthly Bulletin feature is designed to point out sections that are new in the updated version of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State. 

Purchase a bound copy of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State, 2023 edition from the Mid-Hudson Library System. Order Form.