The American Library Association (ALA) is partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ We Can Do This campaign to share trusted information about COVID-19 vaccines with parents and families with children. The “We Can Do This” campaign provides a range of expert-verified outreach tools and sharable resources that libraries can use to
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The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) will soon be accepting letters of intent from community organizations, including rural and Tribal libraries, who wish to expand digital services in their communities. NDIA will work with the selected organizations to provide funding, training, outreach and support in launching digital navigator programs. Digital navigation services include ongoing assistance
MHLS would like to thank all library advocates who made the time to help with state-level advocacy efforts last week! From attending meetings with legislators, to increasing the profile of libraries advocacy goals through social media, to making phone calls to connect with advisors to legislators – the MHLS library community has been doing a great job! Many MHLS
About the MHLS Early Literacy Cohort MHLS member library staff who work with families with young children age birth-5 who are interested in establishing a new community partnership or strengthening an existing partnership to support your library’s capacity to provide early literacy services in your community are invited to participate in the 2024 MHLS Early
The MHLS New Directors Forum will take place on Thursday, February 3rd at 1:00 pm after the DA Business Meeting. The topic will be Grant Writing for Libraries. In this webinar, participants will learn how to incorporate grants as a part of a well-balanced basket of revenue streams; develop grant projects using community needs; identify library grant funding
Would you like to learn more about grant work and how grants can support your library in meeting some of the changing needs in your community? Discover the important things to keep in mind when doing library grant work, the best ways to determine community needs, how to build partnerships to strengthen grant applications and […]
Join co-authors of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State Jerry Nichols and Rebekkah Smith Aldrich for this fun and informative series! Each month trustees are encouraged to read a chapter of the Trustee Handbook and send in questions that the authors will address. Before the event: Please read the Public Relations and Advocacy chapter […]
The American Library Association (ALA) has launched ALA eLearning, a new centralized web portal that brings together a comprehensive digital collection of on-demand and live professional development for library professionals from ALA divisions and sections. Many courses are free for ALA members, while some require a registration fee. Topics include EDI training, Collection Management, Marketing
Registration is open for Next-Level Leadership in Small and Rural Libraries. Leading Big in Small Places, will be a fast-paced conference held on Wednesday, November 17th, 2021, from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm. In short 15-to-20-minute sessions presenters will share their experiences in community outreach, adapting to new communities, policies, and procedures, refreshing your facility and collection,
“Turning Outward” is a process developed by The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, which entails taking steps to better understand communities, changing processes and thinking to make conversations more community-focused, being proactive to community issues, and putting community aspirations first. Each year, MHLS will work with a cohort of libraries to use the tools in
