The next Big Library Read kicks off April 1st with Homes: A Refugee Story by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah & Winnie Yeung. This title will be available through OverDrive for unlimited access, no holds or wait lists, from April 1st -15th. To access the marketing materials for the Big Library Read visit https://biglibraryread.com/marketing-materials/
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Check out this series of 10-15 minute presentations from Helping All Trustees Succeed (HATS). Each gives a quick overview of critical information that all trustees need to know.
Topics include:
- Libraries in NY: Origin, Oversight & Organization
- Open Meetings Law
- Role of a Board President
- The Public Library Treasurer
- Board Evaluation
- Director Evaluation
- Strategic Planning
HATS was created thanks to a collaboration of key players in the New York library community: The State Library, the Library Trustee Association of New York (LTA), the New York Library Association (NYLA) and the Public Library Systems Directors Organization (PULISDO), were joined by hundreds of trustees and library directors from around New York State to help shape the content.
There is a new date for the third and final webinar in the HR Legal Issues Series presented by Shari Fallon, PHR, SHRM-CP, of Cornell University. Join us on Wednesday, April 24 from 10:00 – 11:30am to discuss Key Employment Legislation & Compensation Issues.
Please register through the MHLS calendar at least 24 hours before the event.
The Senate & Assembly are expected to release their one-house budget bills this week. These are their responses to the Governor’s Executive Budget and therefore their response to his proposed cut to library aid and library construction aid. Keep up the great work connecting library supporters with their elected officials! It wouldn’t hurt to push more supporters to call and write to their State Senator and Assembly representatives, let them know their constituents are watching!NYLA Online Advocacy Center: https://bit.ly/1LwV3Ex
Particularly for new board members, but open to all. Library board members looking for essential, basic information to increase their effectiveness in serving on a library board will benefit from attending this session.
Presented by Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MHLS Executive Director & Co-Author of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State and Casey Conlin, MHLS Library Sustainability Coordinator
Register through the MHLS calendar for one of the following dates:
- Wednesday, April 10th | 9:30am-12:30pm | Hudson Area Association Library
- Thursday, April 18th | 5:30-8:30pm | MHLS Auditorium
- Saturday, May 18th | 9:30am-12:30pm | Kingston Library
The March 7th DA workshop has been postponed to Friday, March 22nd. This will be combined with the opportunity for a short business meeting directly before the workshop. The whole event will still run from 10:00am-12:00pm. The workshop topic, chosen by the System Services Advisory Committee will be The Director-Board Relationship and will be presented by MHLS Executive Director (and author of both the NYS handbooks for Directors and Trustees!), Rebekkah Smith Aldrich. Directors are asked to please register for this event at http://calendar.midhudson.org
MHLS is pleased to announce the spring schedule for Trustee Training! The education series will include
- Trustee Essentials
- Intermediate Level Workshops: Financial & Fiduciary and Legal Issues
- Advanced Level Workshop: Strategic Thinking: Advocacy & Planning
For the listing of upcoming dates view the workshop notice.
New features in the Sierra 4.2 release include the ability for staff to place new title-level holds using information from a cancelled hold, and insert that hold either at the end of the hold queue or in order by the original hold’s placed date; an option command link to allow libraries to publish a privacy policy in their WebPAC screens; adding an option to select a default Create Lists view so that each user can set their own default and more!
Trustees are some of the most trusted advocates in Albany. Check out this new resource from MHLS to help you prepare for speaking up for library aid and the State Aid for Library Construction: 2019 MHLS Advocacy Guide
It’s easy to send a letter to your legislators and the Governor to speak up for library aid and the State Aid for Library Construction Program. The New York Library Association’s Online Advocacy Center provides you with draft letter you can use as is or make your own! Speak up today!
