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Join Us for Advocacy Day in February!

Please join us on February 5th in Albany for the New York Library Association (NYLA) Library Advocacy Day! This event brings together library advocates from across New York State to converge on Albany to voice their support for funding and policies that benefit libraries. Your attendance can make a BIG impact. Join us for meetings

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We are proud to announce that the Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) Board has been awarded the 2024 Velma K. Moore Award!

This award was established to honor the memory of Velma Moore, one of the charter members of The New York State Association of Library Boards (NYSALB), now the Library Trustees Association Section (LTAS) of NYLA. Mrs. Moore worked actively for the improvement of library services in New York State from 1947 until her death in

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We are excited to announce the launch of our new event calendar!

Check it out – you’ll find it at the same URL as our old calendar: https://midhudson.org/calendar, so no need to bookmark any new pages. Our new calendar boasts: If you registered for an event on the old calendar, do not worry. We have transferred all registrations.  We hope you enjoy the update! If you have any

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MHLS 2025 Road Trip – Request for Quotes

Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) is a cooperative public library system chartered by the New York State Board of Regents and overseen by the New York State Education Department via the Division of Library Development (DLD). MHLS is dedicated to working together with sixty-six (66) member libraries in the Mid-Hudson region to strengthen local library services

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October 2024 Statement Regarding the Town of Union Vale

The Mid-Hudson Library System respects the rights of the residents of the Town of Union Vale to determine a path forward to access library services locally.Since 2020, when the Town of Union Vale ended a long-standing contract for library services with the member libraries of the Mid-Hudson Library System, thereby contributing no funds to support

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NYS Construction Awards Announced

The FY 2023-2024 State Aid for Public Library Construction Grant Program Awards totaling $1,407,025.00 have been announced and ten Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) Member Libraries and the MHLS have been awarded funds.  2024 Awards in the Mid-Hudson Library System D.R. Evarts Library District: $132,754.00New water services and fire suppression system, and upgrades to existing mechanical

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MHLS Annual Membership Meeting

The 65th Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) Annual Membership Meeting will take place on Friday, October 25th at the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home in Hyde Park, New York. During the business meeting we will report to the membership on the health of the organization, conduct board elections, consider amendments to

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Nominate an Author for Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Bravery in Literature honors living authors and books that advance human rights in the face of an alarming rise in book banning and censorship. During her life, Eleanor Roosevelt fought passionately for literacy, the role of libraries in a democracy, and the universal right to intellectual freedom. For the 2025

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Mexican Consulate on Wheels Event

The Poughkeepsie Public Library District in partnership with the Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) and Revolucion Radio Online bring the Consulate on Wheels to the Mid-Hudson Library System Auditorium (105 Market Street, Poughkeepsie) Tuesday, October 8th through Saturday, October 12th. The Consulate General of Mexico provides its Consulate on Wheels in places where it may be

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Nominate a librarian for this year’s I Love My Librarian Award!

Ten amazing librarians from public, school, and college/university libraries will each receive $5,000 in recognition of their outstanding service to their communities. If you know a librarian who’s gone above and beyond this year, submitting a nomination is the perfect way to thank them. Learn more and submit a nomination at ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian by September 30.

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