If your library plans to do a 259 school district ballot vote in the spring of 2017, a 414 municipal ballot in November 2017 or yours is a district library and you’d like to fine tune your Get Out the Vote strategy contact MHLS Coordinator for Library Sustainability: Rebekkah Smith Aldrich to ensure you have the support you need moving forward.
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Get the scoop on the new Overtime Rules with an upcoming MHLS webinar with Shari Fallon, PHR, SHRM-CP a Compensation Consultant from Cornell University on Thursday, December 15th from 2:00 – 3:30pm.
The latest installment of the MHLS Engage! Webinar Series has just been released! Join Sue Ray, Director of the Catskill Public Library and Jen Dubois, Program & Outreach Coordinator of the Catskill Public Library as they share the story of their wildly successful traveling story time program: Follow that Book!
This webinar is available for free, on demand through the MHLS Engage! web page: https://midhudson.org/engage/
New Opportunity for Regional Delivery of Materials and New Routing Slips
MHLS, in partnership with the Southeastern New York Library Resources Council (SENYLRC), is now shipping and receiving items using the New York State statewide academic libraries internal delivery system, Empire Delivery Systems (EDS). This pilot project is proving to be quite cost effective. Items going back to the following libraries can be sent in the delivery to MHLS ILL, and MHLS will send it out through EDS. Make sure to use the new routing slips.
- Bard College
- Columbia-Greene Community College, SUNY
- Dutchess Community College, SUNY
- Marist College
- New Paltz, SUNY
- New York State Library
- Orange County Community College, SUNY
- Ramapo Catskill Library System member libraries
- Rockland Community College, SUNY
- Sullivan County Community College, SUNY
- Ulster County Community College, SUNY
- US Military Academy
- Vassar College
There is a new interface for the MHLS Digital Download center powered by OverDrive
The new OverDrive is a completely refreshed website and app experience that makes our digital library faster and easier to use than ever before.
What’s changed?
Better Browsing
- Simple availability banners
- New ways to find titles
- New account-level audience filters (this replaces the old “maturity levels” setting)
- The whole digital library on any device
Easier Borrowing
- More options for signing in
- Easy-to-customize lending periods
- Instant access to titles from the details page
- “Books” icon takes you right to borrowed titles
Check out a brief (1.5 minute) orientation video
- Engaged Planning: Ask What You Can Do for Your Rural Community Thursday, December 1, 2016 from 3:00 – 4:00pm. Your community needs the library, and planning for the future of your library begins with understanding the community and their aspirations. Registration: http://bit.ly/2f51w2L
- Service Excellence in Challenging Times Wednesday, January 11, 2016 from 3:00-4:00pm. In turbulent times, many Americans turn to their libraries. While this is a true affirmation of the value our country places on its libraries, it increases the responsibility for library staff to meet the public with the best customer service. Registration: http://bit.ly/2f1mlZz
Library Journal, the premier professional journal for libraries, has released the ninth edition of their Index of Public Library Service, also known as “America’s Star Libraries, 2016: Top Rated Libraries.” Five of this year’s Star Libraries are right here in the Mid-Hudson Library System! That accounts for 14% of all of the Star Libraries in New York State!
- Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library
(Cold Spring) - Philmont Public Library
- Red Hook Public Library
- Tivoli Free Library
- Windham Public Library
Revisions to the Handbook for Library Trustees in New York State Now Available! State Librarian Bernard A. Margolis recently announced the availability of a revised online edition of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State. The 2016 revisions are accessible online at: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/trustees/handbook/index.html
The major addition to the revised 2016 online edition is found in a new appendix: “The Role of the Public Library Treasurer.“ This new appendix includes background information on this important topic and answers some of the many questions the authors have received over the past year.
Strengthening Young Families through Early Literacy Practices – a new workshop from the Mid-Hudson Library System.
National sources, as well as member library experience within our region, document the need for library staff to assist families with children from birth to school entry age in developing early literacy skills needed to succeed in the school years ahead, positioning the library as a vital community partner and hub for early learning in their community.
Presented by Merribeth Advocate, MHLS Assistant Director & Kerstin Cruger, MHLS Marketing & Program Assistant, this workshop is great for library staff that work with children from birth to school entry.
Learning Objectives:
- Know the importance of early literacy and how it relates to library programming
- Research based early literacy practices you can incorporate into your programming, include the framework of talking, singing, reading, writing and playing from the Every Child Ready to Read 2 initiative.
Register for one of the following sessions
- Wednesday, December 7 from 1:00 – 3:00pm in the MHLS Auditorium
- Friday, December 9 from 1:00 – 3:00pm at the Kingston Library (55 Franklin Street, Kingston, NY 12401)
MHLS will be closed on Thursday, November 24th. There will be no deliveries or tech support.
MHLS will be closed on Friday, November 25th. There will be no deliveries. Technology staff will be available via the MHLS ticket system (techsupport@midhudson.org) from 8:30am – 4:30pm to support system-wide Sierra Encore problems only. During these hours, tech support staff will be checking the ticket system periodically each hour and will address system-wide Sierra Encore issues, sending tickets as necessary to Innovative, and posting to MHLS lists. Please note, phone and general issue support will not be available during this time.
