Registration is open for the New York Library Association (NYLA) Annual Conference. The conference will take place from Wednesday, November 6th through Saturday, November 9th at the Oncenter in Syracuse.This year’s theme, “Leadership at Every Level” is focused on recognizing that all library workers are leaders.Mid-Hudson Library System staff and its members will be sharing
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In 2024, the State Legislature passed S.7093-A, critical legislation updating New York’s State Aid for Library Construction program to better support library construction needs statewide. Gov. Hochul has until 7/30 to sign S.7093-A for it to impact aid included in this year’s budget. Please use this form, supplied by the New York Library Association (NYLA)
With election coverage heating up, now is a great time to help our communities gain the skills and resources they need to build resilience to misinformation. The American Library Association (ALA) teamed up with nonprofit journalism school and research organization, Poynter Institute, to create a collection of open educational resources to help library workers teach
Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) member libraries that are interested in advancing equity and inclusion work to improve library services for their communities are invited to apply for the MHLS Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Mini Grant. This grant is in support of MHLS’ commitment to populations most impacted by censorship attempts through book challenges and library
Friday, October 25th, is our 65th Annual Membership Meeting with Keynote Speaker Lisa Varga, Executive Director of the Virginia Library Association and Library Journal’s 2024 Librarian of the Year. Presenting Opening Minds, Closing Doors: The Threat of Censorship in Libraries
Every year, the New York Library Association (NYLA) honors individuals and organizations for their tireless support, leadership, and advocacy for libraries at their Annual Conference. Nomination forms are open now for those deserving of recognition for one of these annual awards:• Mary Bobinski Innovative Public Library Director Award• NYLA’s Distinguished Achievement Award• Librarian of the
The New York Library Association (NYLA) Conference Scholarship from the Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) is designed to help provide new library directors and new library staff with the opportunity to attend the Annual Conference of the New York Library Association by matching funds provided by the library to underwrite conference attendance. “New” is defined as
As NYLA is moving to a new fixed membership year, June 1st – May 31st, all joining members will be completing a 2024-2025 membership form to establish their new account and new renewal year. Everyone must join to establish their new member account even if your renewal is not up yet. Members with previous memberships expiring after
Thank you all for your efforts to advocate for these funds! Despite our wishes for higher operating aid, this was still a successful advocacy year. Given that the Governor started higher than the previous year and both houses advocated for more than the Governor’s proposal, we should be proud of the work we have done
The Board of the Mid-Hudson Library System met on Saturday, March 16th in the MHLS Auditorium and: All board documents are available at https://board.midhudson.org/. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the MHLS Board is on Wednesday, May 15th at 10:00 am at the Putnam Valley Library.
