More than 30 Columbia County library advocates packed the county committee chambers to advocate for more county aid for libraries! Go team!
Monthly Archives: August 2017
The American Library Association (ALA) has opened the application period for grants to develop public library programming that promotes computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) among youth. The grant opportunity is the latest phase of the Libraries Ready to Code (RtC) initiative, sponsored by Google. Libraries will be selected to receive grants of up to $25,000 to design and implement youth coding programs that incorporate Ready to Code concepts. Learn more at: http://www.ala.org/tools/readytocode
Did you know that 40% of member library directors are new to their positions within the past three years?
New and “new-ish” directors are invited to join us for the MHLS Round Table for New Directors event scheduled to be held on Wednesday, September 6th after the Directors Association meeting in the MHLS Auditorium from 12:30pm-2:30pm. Our guest speaker will be Sue Ray, Director of the Catskill Public Library. Our topic: Hiring, Firing & In Between. For more information and to register visit our online calendar.
This year, the New York State Legislature has passed a bill (A.1094-A Galef / S.3023-A Ritchie) that would permit every taxpayer to directly and conveniently support the Summer Reading Program when preparing tax forms. This bill will soon be sent to Governor Andrew Cuomo, who will consider the fate of the program’s future funding.
Send Governor Cuomo a letter of support today through the New York Library Association’s Online Advocacy Center
