The Governor’s suggested funding is $5 million less than what was in last year’s enacted state budget. This is the fourth year of proposed cuts to library funding! Let our legislators know that funding for libraries is critical. The New York Library Association (NYLA), our lead advocate in Albany, has provided customizable letters that can
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A message from MHLS Delivery Operations Manager Tom Finnigan: “As we ease back into routine volume levels of materials traveling around the system after the backlog caused by the holidays, we ask that you please place any accumulated, extra delivery bins next to your regular outgoing bins for the driver to pick up and bring
As part of the New York Community Trust Census Equity Fund grant program, Library Sustainability Coordinator, Casey Conlin will be presenting workshops in Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, Ulster and counties, as well as a webinar that will provide an overview of the upcoming Census, tools and strategies for promoting the Census, and best practices for
There is still time to register for the Local History & Special Collections Roundtable on Thursday, January 16 from 10:00-11:00am. This interactive discussion group brings together experienced staff with those wanting to learn more about building a Library of Things. Discussion topics may include, but are not limited to: Types of items Storage & display Circulation
The American Library Association (ALA) continues to coordinate the #ebooksforall campaign in reaction to Macmillan’s embargo on selling new titles to libraries. On the MHLS OverDrive homepage, there is a message reading “Sign the petition demanding #ebooksforall.” This links to the ALA petition webpage, giving patrons the opportunity to educate themselves on this issue and
It has recently been announced that Innovative, Mid-Hudson Library System’s ILS software vendor, is being acquired by their largest competitor in the academic market, Ex Libris. Ex Libris, owned by ProQuest has a long history in the library software industry. The merger will take place early in 2020 and both companies are optimistic about the
On the first of the year all totals in the Year to Date Circulation (YTD) will be moved to Last Year circ (LYR), replacing the numbers stored there from the previous year. During the third week in January Patrons whose cards have been expired for 3+ years and fines less than $10 will be deleted.
Join Thomas O’Connell, MHLS ILP Operations Supervisor for An Introduction to Mobile Worklists. This two-hour workshop introduces the new Sierra application that allows staff to take a mobile device out into the stacks to create new lists or to make edits to existing lists, even importing them into the Create Lists function to work with
OverDrive will be introducing a new hold redelivery feature in early 2020. This will replace the current auto-checkout feature, and give patrons the following options once a hold becomes available: Borrow the title within 3 days. Suspend their hold, making the copy available to the next patron, while retaining their place on the waitlist. Cancel
Due to concerns over certain images associated with the 2020 CSLP Summer Reading artwork for “Imagine Your Story”, the original 2020 Summer Reading posters and artwork are no longer available. CSLP has designed one alternate poster and one reading record for the 2020 program. Each library will only be receiving one Summer Reading poster in 2020. If you
