REMINDER: The MHLS Directors Association (DA) meeting for November 18th will be in person in the MHLS Auditorium. Directors are asked to register online for this meeting. The DA/Staff Appreciation luncheon will be held directly after the DA meeting. Please RSVP to Mary De Bellis, Director, LaGrange Library for this event.
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There is still time to register for the MHLS & RCLS Adult Programming Staff Share & Learn on October 13th from 1:30 – 3:30 pm. During this online event adult programmers from Ramapo Catskill Library System (RCLS) and Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) are invited to come together for a presentation and group sharing at this
It’s almost time for The Great Give Back, taking place on Saturday, October 15th. Please use this form to tell us your library’s program plans. Don’t forget to use #greatgiveback22 and tag @greatgiveback @midhudsonlibsys in your Instagram posts!
On October 11th at 3:00 pm Infopeople is offering a free one-hour webinar presented by Beckett Czarnecki, Practicing Inclusion: Welcoming Transgender Customers and Colleagues. This event is free to attend but registration is required. As rights for transgender people continue to be challenged, libraries should be a welcoming place for the youth, adults, and colleagues
There is still time to register for the online session of an Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for Library Facilities hosted by MHLS on September 23rd at 10:00am. Join Jennifer Perry, Access Specialist at the Northeast ADA Center for an Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) including the definition of
It’s almost time for The Great Give Back (TGGB) 2022! This year, TGGB will take place on Saturday, October 15th. Please use this form to tell us your library’s program plans for the 2022 TGGB. Explore resources, ideas and more at bit.ly/ggbresources.
National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) is fast approaching! Sign up to be a partner organization for National Voter Registration Day on September 20th, 2022. Partners receive free stickers and posters, customized resources, and assistance in planning their celebration of the holiday. What does being a partner mean? “As a partner you agree to… Be nonpartisan.
Reminder: The next 414 Vote Libraries Meetup will be Thursday, September 8th, 2022, at 2:00pm. At this meetup we’ll check in with MHLS member library teams going for a 414 vote this year, share best practices, and ensure your team is on track to hit all the required milestones for a successful vote. This is
The American Library Association (ALA) encourages library workers with federal student loans to review their eligibility under the U.S. Department of Education’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Library workers in all contexts—school, public, academic and others—with federal student aid may be eligible for the waiver, known as the Temporary Expanded PSLF (TEPSLF). Under the
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