During the month of October, 38 libraries in the Mid-Hudson Library System participated in the statewide program The Great Give Back! These libraries provided opportunities for library patrons to participate in meaningful community service experiences. Community service opportunities that libraries planned as part of The Great Give Back included art and writing projects to benefit the community, collections
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The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) is seeking volunteers for their Spanish Committees. They need people for both the Spanish Idea Committee, which will be working on program ideas from now until the end of this year and the Spanish Review Committee, which will review and provide feedback on drafted materials in early 2022. CSLP
OverDrive has donated a new collection of juvenile Spanish language titles. These titles will be available as Simultaneous Use copies, which means they will always be available with no holds or wait lists, as multiple patrons can have the same book checked out at once. MHLS patrons will have unlimited access to this collection through
Join Laurie Shedrick, MHLS Assistant Director / Technology Operations Manager for Sierra Circulation Training on Tuesday, November 2nd at 10:00 am. This two-hour webinar is a comprehensive training on all elements of Circulation. It will include policies and procedures on the following topics: Circulation in context of it all Patron record creation Checkout /Check-in Holds
Reserve your seat for Circulation 101 with Laurie Shedrick, MHLS Assistant Director/Technology Operations Manager on Tuesday, October 19th at noon. Become acquainted with the necessary skills and workflows needed to manage the primary tasks of circulation desk work. This workshop is intended for any new staff or perhaps experienced staff wondering if there are more efficient ways to
Group Discount Available for Library Journal’s Evaluating, Auditing and Diversifying Your Collections. MHLS has negotiated a group rate discount for Evaluating, Auditing and Diversifying Your Collections, this course features live online workshops, exercises, and personal coaching to help library selectors and readers’ advisors understand the basic frameworks for building and maintaining collections through an equitable lens, including the ability
The Directors Association met on Friday September 10th and approved an amendment to the Resource Sharing Standards related to indicating damage to an item. Section 9 of the Resource Sharing Standards is now named “Indicating damage to an item”. A new subsection B has been added to indicate that post-it notes, and other physical notes
New York Heritage has officially launched their new website! Their improvements include: Making navigation smoother through faster reloads Browse collections by Topics and Type Organizations’ landing pages now include location maps Collection pages now have image captions and links to similar collections Let New York Heritage know what you think of their new design by filling out
Join OverDrive in their celebration of Read an Ebook Day on September 18th! In today’s ever-changing world, we can appreciate the joys and convenience of digital reading now more than ever. Take this day to connect with your communities by sharing how they can safely access your library’s ebooks, audiobooks, and more. Spread the #EbookLove
The Hudson Valley Black History Research Project is working to pool resources in an effort to share the source materials that can help tell a more complete story of Black history in the Hudson Valley. The goal is to make these resources and stories more accessible for researchers and the general public. Too little has
