MHLS is focusing on the future for our 2018 Annual Meeting! Help us help you by responding to this pre-event survey. The responses will help us think about how the future might be different and help us learn from one another. This survey should take you around 15 minutes to complete.: https://bit.ly/2NVoTKW
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Beginning in October 2018 all New York State employers must adopt a sexual harassment prevention policy and offer training that meets or exceeds the state law’s minimum standards. For more information please visit the NYS Combating Sexual Harassment in the Workplace web site.
The Howland Public Library’s Battle of the Books teams won BOTH the Teen Battle and the Middle School Battle this year!
Hearty congratulations to all of our teams!
2018 Teen Battle Winners:
- 1st Place: Howland Public Library (Beacon)
- 2nd Place: Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library (Cold Spring)
- 3rd Place: Grinnell Library District (Wappingers Falls)
2018 Middle School Battle Winners:
- 1st Place: Howland Public Library (Beacon)
- 2nd Place: Clinton Community Library
- 3rd Place: Brewster Public Library
To learn more about this event or become a participating library in this member driven program visit https://mhbattleofbooks.org/
A new edition of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State is now available both in print, for $5.00 a copy and online, for free, through the New York State Library’s website.
Essentials: Roles & Responsibilities
Saturday, September 22nd from 9:30 am-12:30 pm @Kingston Library
Financial & Fiduciary Responsibility
The 59th MHLS Annual Membership Meeting will take place on Friday, November 2nd, 2018 @ Locust Grove Estate in Poughkeepsie, NY and you’re invited! In addition to our business meeting we are pleased to announce that our 2018 keynote speaker will be Futurist, Garry Golden! Click here to learn more and to register.
Annual Meeting Pre-Event Survey: MHLS is focusing on the future for our 2018 Annual Meeting! How do you figure out what is going to happen next? Who do you look to for clues to the future? We invite you to share your best thinking to spot future trends through this survey. The results will be shared with all MHLS Annual Meeting participants at the event in November!
The 2018 Summer Reading Program Final Report is now available for MHLS member libraries. For the questions and online report form please visit https://midhudson.org/summer-reading-program/
Interested in emerging tech and the maker movement? Join us for two upcoming “Field Trips” this fall to two new and exciting spaces in our region!
Innovation & Learning Center
Desmond-Fish Library in Garrison, NY
Wednesday, September 26th
10:00am-12:00pm
The Makerspace @Germantown Library
Friday, October 26th
10:00am-12:00pm
Please register online for these events.
OGS Green Procurement Webinar Wednesday, September 5th from 11:00am-12:00pm. The webinar will cover green purchasing and the opportunities that are available for using centralized contracts available through the New York State Office of General Services (OGS). Todd Gardner, contract manager at the New York State Office of General Services will explain how to use OGS contracts, describe the most frequently purchased green products and discuss the latest trends in green purchasing. Please register online
