Ecological Restoration Grants Now Available! Partners for Climate Action is inviting applications for funding from organizations in Columbia, Greene, Ulster, Dutchess, Putnam, or Orange Counties that are taking direct ecological restoration actions in their communities. Grants will range from $1,000-$100,000. Project areas include, but are not limited to the following: Submit an online application by
Monthly Archives: August 2022
The MHLS Trustee Education Series fall sessions begin in September! This fall, MHLS will be offering both in-person and online events for trustee education. For complete program descriptions and to register for any of these online workshops please visit the MHLS calendar. All trustees attending the events live will receive a certificate of attendance.
It’s almost time for The Great Give Back (TGGB) 2022! This year, TGGB will take place on Saturday, October 15th. Please use this form to tell us your library’s program plans for the 2022 TGGB. Explore resources, ideas and more at bit.ly/ggbresources.
Save the Date for the MHLS Annual Membership Meeting on Friday, October 21st! Our keynote speaker will be Michele Stricker, Deputy State Librarian for Lifelong Learning, New Jersey State Library. Ms. Stricker will speak about disaster preparedness and how libraries can contribute to community resilience before and after natural disasters. Stay tuned for registration information
National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) is fast approaching! Sign up to be a partner organization for National Voter Registration Day on September 20th, 2022. Partners receive free stickers and posters, customized resources, and assistance in planning their celebration of the holiday. What does being a partner mean? “As a partner you agree to… Be nonpartisan.
The New York Library Association (NYLA) Conference Scholarship from the Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) helps provide new library directors and new library staff with the opportunity to attend the annual NYLA Conference by matching funds provided by the library to underwrite conference attendance. MHLS is proud to announce the following library staff members have been
Reminder: The next 414 Vote Libraries Meetup will be Thursday, September 8th, 2022, at 2:00pm. At this meetup we’ll check in with MHLS member library teams going for a 414 vote this year, share best practices, and ensure your team is on track to hit all the required milestones for a successful vote. This is
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 to contact Rebekkah at rsmith@midhudson.org with the subject line: AMA Trustee Question. Q. Who
Registration is now open for the 23rd annual children’s and teen literature conference Fall Into Books. This year’s conference will be held online on October 25th from 3:30 – 5:30 pm. This collaborative event features book discussion sessions ranging from picture books to young adult, and a keynote presentation. This year’s keynote speaker is author
The American Library Association (ALA) encourages library workers with federal student loans to review their eligibility under the U.S. Department of Education’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Library workers in all contexts—school, public, academic and others—with federal student aid may be eligible for the waiver, known as the Temporary Expanded PSLF (TEPSLF). Under the
