The Great Give Back Informational Webinar will take place on Tuesday, July 13th at 2:00 pm. The Great Give Back is a day for library patrons to participate in meaningful service-oriented experiences and offers a way to showcase the good work many libraries are already doing in connecting people willing to help with needs in
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As of June 25th, Open Meetings Law again requires all meetings to be held in person. Authority for remote meetings ended on June 24th with the revocation of the State of Emergency. Please note a member of the board can videoconference in under the following conditions: the location they will attend the meeting from is
REMINDER: The new Minimum Standards for Public Libraries are in effect this year. If you need a refresher of how they are different check out this handy chart. Need help tracking your policy creation and review process? Use this custom spreadsheet to help you track everything to create a compliance path for the new standard to review
Please review the recent updates to the Resource Sharing Standards. During the June 9th Directors Association meeting, the member library directors approved to update the policies and procedures to include: Registration for Institutions While libraries have long extended registration, it was done without policy and the record entry had not been codified. The Patron Registration
There is still time to register for the MHLS Sierra Users Group on Wednesday, June 23rd at 1:00 pm. Join MHLS Assistant Director / Technology Operations Manager Laurie Shedrick and your peers for the annual Mid-Hudson Sierra Users Group. This event is an opportunity to keep current with all things related to our Sierra ILS and the related products
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is now accepting applications to support museum and library services in addressing community needs created or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and assist with recovery. As places begin to reopen, libraries will continue to be trusted spaces dedicated to sustaining communities. Grants of $10,000 -$50,000 will be available and recipient organizations will be required to provide funds from non-federal
Visit the Kingston Library on June 30th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm for The Library of Local Launch Party! Learn about The Library of Local and this year’s theme: Sow, Grow, Reap, Repeat! Gardening and Foraging for Resilience. Explore the collection and partake in some hands-on activities, enjoy refreshments and the company of friends and neighbors. This event is
The Year in Review: A Juneteenth Celebration with the Coalition for Library Workers of Color Roundtable. Bring your lunch and discuss what the New York Library Association’s Library Workers of Color Roundtable has been up to, what programs you want to see from the group, and where your libraries are post-George Floyd. Learn how to
Join MHLS Executive Director Rebekkah Smith Aldrich on June 23rd at 10:00 am for Seven Habits of Highly Effective Boards, the final session in the spring MHLS Trustee Education Series. This advanced-level course is for trustees who have been on the board for at least a year. It is recommended that trustees have already attended
UPDATE: This bill has passed in both the Assembly and Senate! Now it is on to the Governor’s desk. Thank you all for your efforts to help make this happen. TIME SENSITIVE: The New York Library Association (NYLA) has recently learned that a well-known lobbying firm has been hired to advocate against the #eBooks4All bill.
