The next COVID-19 Briefing for Trustees will be on Tuesday, May 5th at 3:00pm. Join MHLS Executive Director, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, for this custom online event designed for member library trustees. Rebekkah will cover the latest info about funding considerations, restarting library operations once NYS PAUSE has been lifted as well as share answers to
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The Everyone Serves Families with Young Children webinar will take place on Wednesday, May 6th from 1:00-3:00pm. This early literacy online training is for member library staff who work or interact with children from birth to school entry and their families. At this early literacy training, member library staff will learn about: How different types
On Tuesday May 5th the Directors Association – Workshop Meeting will be held online from 10:00am-12:00pm. The topic will be Decision Center for Directors, presented by Laurie Shedrick, MHLS Assistant Director / Technology Operations Manager. Decision Center offers the opportunity to review data to inform decisions on collection management and even policies and procedure development.
On Wednesday, April 29th from 10:00-11:00am, we will meet to discuss the Future of the 2020 Summer Reading Program. This event is for all member library staff who are involved with the Summer Reading Program. At this event, we will be discussing: The goals of the summer reading program Ideas for virtual summer reading programs
Census Delays Field Activities to June 1, 2020 to protect the health and safety of the American public and Census employees, implement guidance from authorities regarding COVID-19, and ensure a complete and accurate count of all communities. The deadline for self-response to the Census is extended from July 31, 2020 to October 31, 2020. Update
We’re Still Open Hudson Valley is a resource for the community to have one place to go to find out who’s open and how they are offering their services during these difficult times.Please help get the word out to your local businesses!
Civil Service 101 presented by Geoff Kirkpatrick will be held online Friday, April 24th from 10:00am-12:00pm. This workshop is appropriate for library directors, managers and human resources staff in municipal public libraries, special district public libraries and school district public libraries. Civil Service 101 is designed to introduce administering human resources in a public library in a civil service environment. Please
The newest Executive Order, issued on April 7th (EO 202.14), has extended the EO 202.1 suspension of certain aspects of the Open Meetings Law until May 7, 2020. MHLS Executive Director Rebekkah Smith Aldrich has confirmed this interpretation with the NYS Committee on Open Government’s staff. “NOW, THEREFORE, I, Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the
On April 1st MHLS held a COVID-19 Trustee Briefing specifically for member library trustees. You can view the recording of this one-hour webinar at https://youtu.be/D4T6kKz3QDY Thank you for your work to help guide our libraries in this difficult time. MHLS is here for your library. Please let us know if you have any questions.
The Division of Library Development (DLD) has provided guidance for reporting statistics for the 2020 Annual Report, which will be completed in February 2021, that notes the current state of the annual report instructions as they relate to counting programs and hours open. This is not reflective of the reality of delivering library services in the COVID-19
