On Friday, June 12th beginning at noon MHLS Assistant Director & Technology Operations Manager Laurie Shedrick will facilitate the webinar, Staff Briefing: Sierra During COVID-19 Reopening. This one-hour webinar is for the staff of Mid-Hudson Library System member libraries to bring library staff up to date on the process for restarting Sierra and Encore patron
Monthly Archives: June 2020
MHLS Delivery will do a two-day “clean up” run on Wednesday, June 17th & Thursday, June 18th to pick up items in member library facilities labeled for delivery* and to leave you bins to reset for the restart of delivery. We will be stopping at all libraries unless a director would like to opt out
The latest Executive Order 202.34 has extended the adjustments to Open Meetings Law through June 27th. This has been confirmed with the Committee on Open Government. Please remember online meetings must be recorded and transcribed and that the public has a right to attend. Minutes will still need to be taken even with the recording
Association libraries can now join public libraries in offering curbside service based on the following guidance: “Libraries that are operated by a not-for-profit or other non-governmental organization may perform curbside or “in-store” pickup once the region in which they are located reaches Phase 1 and may perform other “in-store” operations once the region in which
The New York State Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) restarted its mail delivery service as of June 1st for TBBL patrons. Patrons are also encouraged to register for the free Braille and Audio Reading Download service (BARD), which provides immediate access to audio and electronic braille books, magazines, and music scores through Android, iOS,
