About
The MHLS Staff Pick Pilot Project will enable us to harness the readers advisory skills of library workers across our 66 member libraries to highlight titles in the shared print and digital collections access through our shared interfaces of the online catalog, mobile app, and OverDrive/Libby.
Our hope is that this engages our members’ workforce with the system’s ability to help promote what they are great at – connecting readers with good books – as well as to promote titles that may go unnoticed in members’ collections without promotion.
Suggestion Form - the USA at 250 (July)
Closes June 30th
June 2026
Theme: Beach Reads
Direct links on our digital platforms:
May 2026
Theme: Dinosaurs and archaeology
Direct link to showcase: https://discover.midhudsonlibraries.org/library-list/showcase/ece78ec4-28ee-4930-be82-f5ef6d6a42ac \
April 2026
Theme: Earth Day
Direct link to showcase: https://discover.midhudsonlibraries.org/library-list/showcase/a70806dd-bc1f-4bd0-9c2e-7953673efc6f
Policies and Details
- Library workers at MHLS member libraries are invited to suggest 1-2 titles to help us create a “Staff Picks” list and/or suggest a theme for a future staff picks display.
- Staff Picks will be highlighted monthly.
- Not all suggested titles or themes may be chosen for the digital display.
- Chosen titles will be posted for approximately 30 days in the Staff Picks section.
- Staff who suggest a title and explain why they picked the title may be featured in a Libby Shelf Talker if they grant permission to use their first name, last initial and library name to go with the recommendation.
Interested in making your own lists?
Library list formats and options across technology
Where
- Discover catalog homepages – various styles
- Discover resource pages
- LX Starter emails
- Embedded in websites
Generated from
- Bookmark lists
- Saved searchs
- Sierra Create Lists
Available to member library staff – Vega staff account required. Managed by Mid-Hudson.
Where
- App home screens
- Various styles
Generated from
- Vega Showcases
- ISBNs
- Sierra bibliographic record IDs
- New York Times Bestsellers API connection
Available to member library staff – content management system access required.
Where
- Shared Libby homepage
- Resource pages
- Advantage collections
Shelf talkers = reviews, recommendations, blurbs, trivia, etc.
Generated in OverDrive – managed by Mid-Hudson staff only, but shelf talker submissions welcome.
Contact techsupport@midhudson.org with any questions or requests.