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Governor Cuomo is finalizing his Executive Budget proposal, and NOW is the time to SPEAK UP FOR LIBRARY FUNDING!

A message from the New York Library Association: “We have not gotten any assurances that library funding is secure. In 2014, the last legislative election year, Governor Cuomo cut $4M in library aid as a negotiating tactic with the legislature. Library aid is again subject to these same negotiating tactics. The $4M in extra funding we worked so hard to get during last year’s budget is uncertain at best. This is unacceptable.”

TAKE ACTION NOW and tell the Governor that library aid should be INCREASED, not CUT. State Education Law mandates Library Aid be $102.6M for the upcoming year – current funding of $95.6M is inadequate, let alone a cut back.

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(POUGHKEEPSIE, NY) The Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) announces, effective February 10, 2017: Thomas O’Connell will serve as Acting Technology Operations Manager; Nina Acosta will serve as Acting Automation Coordinator; and Courtney Wimmers will serve as Acting Cataloging Specialist II. Mr. O’Connell has held the position of MHLS Automation Coordinator since 2014. From 2003-2014 he held

Take Your Child to the Library Day (TYCLD), a grassroots national initiative, encourages families everywhere to take their children to their local library. TYCLD raises community awareness about the importance of the library in the life of a child, and promotes valuable free library services and programs for children and families. Officially held on the first Saturday in February, local TYCLD celebrations may take place on any date(s) in February that suit the schedule and community of participating libraries. For more information, visit TakeYourChildtotheLibrary.org.

MHLS will be closed on Monday, December 26^th and Monday, January 2^nd. 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.

At their meeting on Saturday, December 10th the MHLS Board of Trustees passed Resolutions recognizing retiring Board members, Regina Morini and Myrna Sameth for their outstanding service on the MHLS Board of Trustees.

Voters of the mid-Hudson Valley said “Yes!” at the polls for public library funding in 2016.

Twenty-eight communities voted on tax levies for their public libraries in the MHLS region and 96% of those libraries won at the polls!

For the full list of recent member library vote outcomes please visit the MHLS Public Library Vote Toolbox

The latest installment of the MHLS Engage! Webinar Series has just been released! Join Sue Ray, Director of the Catskill Public Library and Jen Dubois, Program & Outreach Coordinator of the Catskill Public Library as they share the story of their wildly successful traveling story time program: Follow that Book!

This webinar is available for free, on demand through the MHLS Engage! web page: https://midhudson.org/engage/

There is a new interface for the MHLS Digital Download center powered by OverDrive

The new OverDrive is a completely refreshed website and app experience that makes our digital library faster and easier to use than ever before.

What’s changed?

Better Browsing

• Simple availability banners
• New ways to find titles
• New account-level audience filters (this replaces the old “maturity levels” setting)
• The whole digital library on any device

Easier Borrowing

• More options for signing in
• Easy-to-customize lending periods
• Instant access to titles from the details page
• “Books” icon takes you right to borrowed titles

Check out a brief (1.5 minute) orientation video

Library Journal, the premier professional journal for libraries, has released the ninth edition of their Index of Public Library Service, also known as “America’s Star Libraries, 2016: Top Rated Libraries.” Five of this year’s Star Libraries are right here in the Mid-Hudson Library System! That accounts for 14% of all of the Star Libraries in New York State!

• Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library
  (Cold Spring)
• Philmont Public Library
• Red Hook Public Library
• Tivoli Free Library
• Windham Public Library

MHLS will be closed on Thursday, November 24th. There will be no deliveries or tech support.

MHLS will be closed on Friday, November 25th. There will be no deliveries. Technology staff will be available via the MHLS ticket system (techsupport@midhudson.org) from 8:30am – 4:30pm 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 Sierra Encore 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.