The Directors Association met on Friday September 10th and approved an amendment to the Resource Sharing Standards related to indicating damage to an item. Section 9 of the Resource Sharing Standards is now named “Indicating damage to an item”. A new subsection B has been added to indicate that post-it notes, and other physical notes
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Next up in the MHLS Trustee Education Series – Legal Issues: NYS Minimum Standards. Legal Issues: NYS Minimum Standards | Tuesday, October 12th | 10:00-11:30 am| Register There are a number of laws and regulations that directly and indirectly apply to and impact libraries in New York State. This program provides a primer on what
Governor Kathy Hochul Announces Designation of COVID-19 as an Airborne Infectious Disease Under New York State’s HERO Act. At the direction of the governor, the NYS commissioner of health has designated COVID-19 a highly contagious communicable disease that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health under New York State’s HERO Act, which
New York Heritage has officially launched their new website! Their improvements include: Making navigation smoother through faster reloads Browse collections by Topics and Type Organizations’ landing pages now include location maps Collection pages now have image captions and links to similar collections Let New York Heritage know what you think of their new design by filling out
Please join us for our 62nd Mid-Hudson Library System Annual Membership Meeting on Friday, October 22nd. This event is online and free to attend! During the business meeting we will report to the membership on the health of the organization, conduct board elections, vote on the MHLS bylaws amendment, and hear from MHLS’ Executive Director,
Did you attend Trustee Essentials in the spring? Registration is open for Core Values & Ethics presented by Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MHLS Executive Director and Casey Conlin, MHLS Library Sustainability Coordinator. In this 90-minute online session, attendees will develop a working knowledge of the Core Values of Librarianship and how those values translate to the work of
In view of outstanding demand and the recent spike in coronavirus cases, the FCC announced in a second application filing window for schools and libraries. The roughly $2 billion in Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program funds remaining for can be requested for connected devices and broadband connections for off-campus use by students, school staff, and
Join OverDrive in their celebration of Read an Ebook Day on September 18th! In today’s ever-changing world, we can appreciate the joys and convenience of digital reading now more than ever. Take this day to connect with your communities by sharing how they can safely access your library’s ebooks, audiobooks, and more. Spread the #EbookLove
Group Discount Available for Library Journal’s Evaluating, Auditing and Diversifying Your Collections. MHLS has negotiated a group rate discount for Evaluating, Auditing and Diversifying Your Collections, a this course features live online workshops, exercises, and personal coaching to help library selectors and readers’ advisors understand the basic frameworks for building and maintaining collections through an
The Hudson Valley Black History Research Project is working to pool resources in an effort to share the source materials that can help tell a more complete story of Black history in the Hudson Valley. The goal is to make these resources and stories more accessible for researchers and the general public. Too little has
