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
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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.
Please make sure your library’s Closed Dates are in place in Sierra. It is important that your holidays are entered well before January 18th, 2021, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. You can update the Sierra Closed Dates Table yourself or request that MHLS enter the information for you. Please submit the Days Closed Form for
MHLS is seeking member library director input on their staff salary and benefits. Action Memo 20-09: Salary and Benefits Survey will be released through the MHLS-Notice list today, Tuesday, December 1st. Please respond to Action Memo 20-09 by December 22nd. The Salary and Benefits Survey will assess library background, salary, health, and retirement benefits for
The MHLS Board annually sets local priorities for the State Aid for Library Construction Program funding to enable the ranking of member library applications should the total amount requested through eligible member applications exceed the amount of funds allotted through this program to the MHLS service area. Member library directors are asked to complete Action
The eighth open enrollment period of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) began on Sunday, November 1st and will run through December 15th, 2020 during what may be the most challenging year in its ten-year history. Millions of Americans have lost jobs due to the Coronavirus pandemic, leaving many without employer-sponsored health coverage. In its third
