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Current DA Business Meeting Packet:
Bylaws
Bylaws of the Directors Association of the Mid-Hudson Library System – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 2/28/2024
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Statement of the MHLS Directors Association – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 11/18/2022
- Pandemic Policy of the MHLS Directors Association – Approved by MHLS Directors Association 3/27/2020
2026 DA/SSAC Officers:
Chair (serves as DA Chair): Catherine Benson (Coxsackie)
First Vice-Chair (serves as SSAC Chair): Matt Pavloff (Kinderhook)
Second Vice-Chair (fills in for Chair, in lieu of 1st Vice Chair, takes minutes in absence of the Secretary): Thea Schoep (Claverack)
Secretary (takes minutes of DA meetings): Michele Capozzella (Mahopac)
Assistant Secretary (takes minutes of SSAC meetings): Christopher Leary (Catskill)
Advisory Committee
MHLS Advisory Committees
2026 Advisory Committee Membership
Meeting Calendar
2026 Meeting Calendar for DA & DA Committees
Member Assessment Table
2025 Member Assessment Table – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/11/2024
2024 Member Assessment Table – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/13/2023
2023 Member Assessment Table – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/14/2022
2022 Member Assessment Table – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/09/2021
2021 Member Assessment Table – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/10/2020
2020 Member Assessment Table – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/11/2019
Budgeting for the MHLS Member Assessment
E-Resources
E-Resources: Digital Content, Databases, Catalog Enhancements Cost Shares: The cost per library of all collectively purchased E-resources
2026: For 2026 there are no planned cost shares for member libraries. Please refer to the Directors Association’s Ad Hoc OverDrive Committee’s Final Report for Recommendations on budgeting and collection development in OverDrive
2025: For 2025 there are no planned cost shares for member libraries. Please refer to the Directors Association’s Ad Hoc OverDrive Committee’s Final Report for Recommendations on budgeting and collection development in OverDrive
2024: For 2024 there are no planned cost shares for member libraries. Please refer to the Directors Association’s Ad Hoc OverDrive Committee’s Final Report for Recommendations on budgeting and collection development in OverDrive
2023: For 2023 there are no planned cost shares for member libraries. Please refer to the Directors Association’s Ad Hoc OverDrive Committee’s Final Report for Recommendations on budgeting and collection development in OverDrive
2022: $143.94 per library for TumbleBooks – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/9/2021
2021 – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/10/2020
2020 – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/11/2019
2019 – Approved by MHLS Directors Association 6/6/2018; Amended by the MHLS Directors Association 11/15/2018
2018 – Approved by MHLS Directors Association 6/8/2017
Member Library Mileage Equalization Grant Program
Information & Details
Claim Form (due Jul 15 & Dec 15)
Mileage Chart
Library Resolution
- Members Capital Fund Policy – Approved by MHLS Directors Association 11/2025; Approved by MHLS Board of Trustees 1/2026
- Moving Forward Documents