The MHLS Trustee Education Series Spring Sessions begins in April! This spring, MHLS will be offering both in-person and online events for trustee education. For complete program descriptions and to register for any of these online workshops please visit the MHLS calendar. All trustees attending the events live will receive a certificate of attendance.
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Unfortunately, due to the snowstorm, all in-person meetings with legislators in Albany have been cancelled. We are working to book online meetings with all legislators and will post the schedule to the MHLS Calendar and MHLS Notice List as it is confirmed.In the meantime, please help keep up the pressure to ensure legislators don’t forget
The Trustee Handbook Book Club will continue in 2023! Thank you to all who attended the Trustee Handbook Book Club sessions this year. We hope to see you this year for the continuation of this one-of-a-kind series. Join Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, co-author of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State, and friends for this
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MHLS Executive Director & Co-Author of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State is a monthly installment where Rebekkah will answer your questions! Feel free to submit your question here or contact Rebekkah at rsmith@midhudson.org with the subject line: AMA Trustee Question. Q. How can
COMMUNICATING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE: The Rutgers Cooperative Extension will provide an overview of climate change communication for the library field on Wednesday, January 25th, at 2:00 PM.Dr. David Robinson, Distinguished Professor and NJ State Climatologist, will discuss the causes and mechanisms of climate change, how climate change has already affected NJ, and likely additional short-
Oath of Office Reminder for Public Library Trustees: New York State Public Officer’s Law §10 requires all public library trustees (but not association library trustees) to take and file an oath of office within 30 days of beginning their term of office. Public library trustees are public officers, and the oath of office is required
Trustee Tip of the Month: New York State Minimum Standards for Libraries requires every library to issue an annual report to the community. For helpful information to meet this standard, visit the New York State Library’s “Helpful Information for Meeting Minimum Public Library Standards” page. For examples of other libraries annual reports to the community,
Join MHLS Executive Director, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, for Pathways to Sustainable Funding on December 12th, from 1:30 – 3:30 pm in the MHLS Auditorium in Poughkeepsie, NY. One of the primary responsibilities of a library trustee is to secure adequate funding for the library. This requires both an honest assessment of the true costs to
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MHLS Executive Director & Co-Author of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State is a monthly installment where Rebekkah will answer your questions! Feel free to submit your question here or to contact Rebekkah at rsmith@midhudson.org with the subject line: AMA Trustee Question.Q. What does
NEW DATE: Join MHLS Executive Director, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, for Pathways to Sustainable Funding on December 12th, from 1:30pm – 3:30 pm in the MHLS Auditorium in Poughkeepsie, NY. One of the primary responsibilities of a library trustee is to secure adequate funding for the library. This requires both an honest assessment of the true
