To provide you with the opportunity to connect with your representatives and let them know how important library aid is for your library and your community, the Mid-Hudson Library System will host Advocacy Week, a series of online meetings with our state legislators from Monday, February 22nd through Friday, February 26th, and targeted social media
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The American Library Association’s Sustainability Roundtable (SustainRT) is recognizing libraries going above & beyond to support staff wellness with the SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace. Please send nominations by March 15th to recognize a library that has advanced sustainability & encouraged employee wellness. For more information please visit the SustainRT Citation for Wellness in
Help advocate to get library workers added to the New York State definition of eligible education workers in the Phase 1b vaccination schedule: Reach out to your state legislators and to the NYS Department of Health (DOH) to express the need for DOH to expand their definition of “education workers” in Phase 1b of the
The 2020 Annual Report Software will be opened today, January 26th. This week each member library director will receive, via the delivery, a packet from the Mid-Hudson Library System of pertinent information to complete your report. A detailed email will be sent via the MHLS-Notice List regarding changes and access to the report. For continuously updated information
Apply now for the American Library Association’s (ALA) Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant! This grant recognizes, promotes and supports innovative and meaningful community engagement efforts in libraries by providing $2,000 for a school, public, academic, tribal or special library to expand its community engagement efforts. Each year, the grant focuses on supporting a community engagement
The Board of Regents and the State Education Department will convene three Digital Equity Summits to establish a shared understanding of digital inequity in the state and create a joint vision for achieving digital equity. Each summit will have multiple discussion sessions and facilitated breakout groups. The department is reaching out to leaders in education,
Registration is open for the MHLS Annual Report Workshop for New Directors on Friday, January 29th at 10:00 am. This 90-minute online event is designed for Directors who are new to submitting the NYS Annual Report with Bibliostat software but is open to all. The workshop will cover: Logging in to the software Entering your
The Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) will be supporting a cohort program for member libraries working to gather authentic input from their neighbors to build long-range plans that will resonate with library stakeholders and the people in the community. Libraries that wish to update their long-range plans and libraries that require a long-range plan that includes
The New York State (NYS) Minimum Wage Increase for workers north of Westchester County, will reach $12.50 on December 31st, 2020 and increase to $15 on an indexed schedule to be set by the Director of the Division of Budget in consultation with the Department of Labor. Starting 2021, the annual increases will be published
Action Memo 20-09: Salary and Benefits Survey is due by December 22nd. The Salary and Benefits Survey will assess library background, salary, health, and retirement benefits for staff serving in various positions in MHLS member libraries. The link to the Action Memo was published on the MHLS-Notice list on Tuesday, December 1st.
