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
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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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The Office of the State Comptroller announced that the property tax levy growth will again (for the second year) be capped at 2% for 2023 for impacted entities that operate on a calendar-based fiscal year. The inflation factor calculation is 7.17%. In the press release, the Comptroller acknowledged that costs will be higher than “expected
REMINDER: Let us know if your library will participate in The Great Give Back (TGGB) 2022! This year, TGGB will take place on Saturday, October 15th but if you want to choose a different date or create a longer-running program, you can still participate. Please use this form to sign up your library for the
Let us know if your library will participate in The Great Give Back (TGGB) 2022! This year, TGGB will take place on Saturday, October 15th but if you want to choose a different date or create a longer-running program, you can still participate. Please use this form to sign up your library for the 2022
