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Annual Report Workshops for New Directors There are three dates to choose from, all sessions are held in the MHLS Conference Room at 103 Market Street in Poughkeepsie and will run from 10:00am-12:00pm. Seating is limited so register for the date of your choice soon!

• Tuesday, January 23
• Wednesday, January 24
• Thursday, January 25

Please register online at http://calendar.midhudson.org

It may be chilly outside but the 2017 Summer Reading Program manuals are now available! They have gone digital and are available online only. All member library staff involved with your library’s Summer Reading Program now have online access to all four manuals: Children, Early Literacy, Teen & Adult. The manuals include clip art to go along with the 2017 theme: Build a Better World! Login information was sent via the MHLS Alerts list to all member library directors.

Weeding out your magazines? Weeding paperbacks that would be of interest to men? Our correctional facility libraries would love to receive these. If you bring them to a MHLS meeting or workshop (please do not use the delivery for donations) we would be pleased to pass them on to the correctional libraries. Thank you in advance for giving your materials a second life and for helping to contribute to the literacy, information seeking and recreational reading of many people.

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 15^th from 2:00 – 3:30pm.

Please register online for this event.

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

• 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

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)

E-rate Application: We are once again entering the e-rate application window. An overview of the process can be found here: http://bit.ly/2f66oD7 Please note that internet filtering and an internet security policy are required for e-rate reimbursement. E-rate Central provides a checklist that can be reviewed around meeting these requirements: http://bit.ly/2eUK3YL If you have any questions about these feel free to contact Robert Drake, MHLS Technology Operations Manager at rdrake@midhudson.org

MHLS will be closed on Friday, November 11th in observance of Veterans Day. There will be no deliveries. Technology staff will be available via the MHLS ticket system (techsupport@midhudson.org) from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM 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 Innovative 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

Sierra Q&A Webinar: MHLS Automation Coordinator Thomas O’Connell will once again offer the topic of Updates to Create List in Sierra 2.2 given the popularity of this topic last month. This is an online session that is scheduled for Friday, October 28^th at noon. The session will last for 45 minutes. Seating is limited so register today through the MHLS Online Calendar.