The New York Library Association’s Library Use Value Calculator has been updated and now includes two new values thanks to the MHLS Marketing Advisory Committee:
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The election of MHLS trustees will be an item of business at the MHLS Annual Membership Meeting.
MHLS is governed by a fifteen-member board, three trustees from each of the five counties served.
Procedures for Election of Trustees:
Article II. Nominations:
Section 2.01 -The county library association of each county for which a trustee is to be elected shall meet for the purpose of selecting a candidate from their county to nominate at the MHLS Annual Membership Meeting. The chair of the county library association shall submit to the MHLS Executive Director one name for each county vacancy no later than two months prior to the Annual Membership Meeting.
Section 4.03 – Each member library is a voting unit having one vote.
Five MHLS Board of Trustee vacancies are to be filled for terms commencing in January 2017. To read the bios of the nominees check out this week’s MHLS Bulletin.
MHLS has purchased a one year subscription to Library Elf Premium Service for all member libraries based on recommendations from the MHLS Resource Sharing Advisory Committee and MHLS Directors Association. Patrons who sign up with Library Elf through their library’s website can easily keep track of:
• Due dates
• Overdue materials
• Requested items ready for pickup
Patrons can choose:
• Notifications via text or email
• Customizable dates of notification
• Consolidated notifications
• Manage more than one library account
MHLS encourages all library staff members to familiarize themselves with this new service! Acquaint yourself with the available features of Library Elf. Additional details can be found on the Elf FAQ. For any questions or to have the Library Elf link added to your MHLS hosted website, please contact techsupport@midhudson.org
All libraries are now able to offer free access to ConsumerReports.org to their patrons!
If your library website is managed by MHLS, MHLS Tech Support has added the link to this resource to your library website. They have also added it to the county eResources/HOMEACCESS pages.
Promotional Materials & Graphics:
Promo Materials
Graphics
(select “ConsumrReports.org” from list you see at each link)
Engage! Webinar Series now available “on demand”! Community Engagement is the biggest trend in libraries today. To help member libraries learn more about what it is, how it’s done and what it looks like in real life MHLS Staff have created a new webinar series available at your convenience through the supporting web page: https://midhudson.org/engage
At this web page you will find five archived webinars:
- Community Engagement Works! The kick-off webinar to the series presented by MHLS Coordinator for Library Sustainability, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
- Phoenicia Rising, an interview with Elizabeth Potter, director of the award-winning Phoenicia Library
- Democracy in Action, a presentation by 2016 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, Erica Freudenberger, director of the award-winning Red Hook Public Library
- Outside the Library, an interview with Julie Kelsall-Dempsey, director of the Highland Public Library and current President of the Ulster County Library Association
- DIY Coding Program, a presentation by Jen McCreery, Director, and Pam McClusky, Cybrarian, of the Desmond-Fish Library in Garrison
MHLS Trustees Myrna Sameth, Stuart Auchincloss and Lynne Ridgeway (l-r) – all of whom represent the libraries of Ulster County on the MHLS Board – recently visited the Phoencia Library to “talk shop” and get a tour of the library.
Public programs allow library staff to bring a variety of opportunities for learning, engaging, entertaining, and building connections across all age groups to the communities we serve. MHLS is pleased to announce a new workshop by Janie Hermann is coming to our region this fall!
Planning for Program Success
Presented by Janie Hermann, Public Programming Librarian, Princeton Pubic Library (NJ)
Tuesday, September 13th
10:00am – 12:30pm
Boardman Road Branch Library, Poughkeepsie
54 new titles have been added to the MHLS eMagazine collection! A BIG thank you to the Library Associations in Columbia, Putnam and Ulster Counties, who selected and funded these new titles, bringing the collection up to 145 titles for all member library patrons to choose from!
These complete digital magazines can easily be viewed on most Internet-enabled devices inside or outside of the library. Patrons can discover, checkout and read online in PC/mobile and offline on mobile apps. They can keep the title for as long as they want – no holds – no checkout periods: http://tinyurl.com/mhls-emag
Starting on September 1st all MHLS member libraries will be able to offer full access to ConsumerReports.org to their patrons!
- Trial access login for staff to practice with this new resource is now available. Check with your library director for the login/password.
- Training Webinar: On August 11th at 10:00am there will be a one-hour training webinar for library staff on this new resource. Register at http://tinyurl.com/mhlspd.
- Promotional Materials & Graphics:
Promo Materials
Graphics
(select “ConsumrReports.org” from list you see at each link)
Community Engagement Works! The live, online kick-off to the MHLS Engage! Webinar Series, presented by MHLS Coordinator for Library Sustainability, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, is scheduled for Friday, August, 26th from 10:00 – 11:00am. This webinar is great for library directors, staff, Trustees & Friends who are interested in broadening the impact of the library on their local community while building their base of support. In this webinar we will address:
- The current perception of public libraries
- The importance of community engagement
- Examples of effective community engagement strategies in MHLS member libraries
