Monthly Archives: September 2025

Final Round!

Small and rural libraries: this is your last chance to apply for Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities grants. Up to 300 libraries will be awarded $10,000 or $20,000 to make their facilities, services, and programs more accessible for people with disabilities. Applications are open now through December 11, 2025. Apply today at

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Upcoming Trustee Education

Trustee Handbook Book Club – Next Level Trusteeship: Building an Effective and Impactful Board Culture Online November 18 | 5 – 6:30 PM Join co-author of the Handbook For Library Trustees of New York State Rebekkah Smith Aldrich and friends for this fun and informative series! At each session, trustees will take a deeper dive on

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MHLS Board of Trustees Candidates

The election of Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) trustees will be an item of business at the MHLS Annual Membership Meeting on Friday, October 24th. MHLS is governed by a fifteen-member board made up of trustees from each of the five counties served. Procedures for Election of Trustees:  Article II. Nominations:  Section 2.01 -The county library association of each

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MHLS Annual Membership Meeting

The 66th Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) Annual Membership Meeting will take place on Friday, October 24th at the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home in Hyde Park, New York.   During the business meeting we will report to the membership on the health of the organization, conduct board elections, consider amendments

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