The New York Library Association (NYLA) Conference Scholarship from the Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) is designed to help provide new library directors and new library staff with the opportunity to attend the Annual Conference of the New York Library Association by matching funds provided by the library to underwrite conference attendance. “New” is defined as
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Are you a member of a Friends of the Library group? Do you serve as the Staff Liaison to your library’s Friends group? Do you have a stellar Friends group at your library? Could you or one of the Friends volunteers benefit from a professional development opportunity at the NYLA Annual Conference? If you answered
Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MHLS Executive Director & Co-Author of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State is a monthly installment where Rebekkah will answer your questions! Feel free to submit your question here or contact Rebekkah at rsmith@midhudson.org with the subject line: AMA Trustee Question. Q: When there is a separately incorporated Friends of the
The Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize, developed in partnership between the Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation and Library Journal was created in 2019 to recognize the public library as a vital community asset. When libraries, civic entities, organizations, and the people they serve become close partners, their communities thrive. One winning library will receive $250,000
Project Outcome is a free toolkit designed to help libraries understand and share the impact of essential library services and programs by providing simple surveys and an easy-to-use process for measuring and analyzing outcomes. Ensuring accessibility in library assessment is crucial to promoting inclusivity, allowing individuals with diverse abilities to fully engage with and benefit
Join Mid-Hudson Library System Executive Director, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich for any of these informative sessions about library trustee roles and responsibilities. Each session is live, online from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. • Trustee Essentials | Wednesday, June 5| REGISTER OR Thursday, September 5 | REGISTERParticularly for new board members, but open to all. Library board members
As NYLA is moving to a new fixed membership year, June 1st – May 31st, all joining members will be completing a 2024-2025 membership form to establish their new account and new renewal year. Everyone must join to establish their new member account even if your renewal is not up yet. Members with previous memberships expiring after
Thank you all for your efforts to advocate for these funds! Despite our wishes for higher operating aid, this was still a successful advocacy year. Given that the Governor started higher than the previous year and both houses advocated for more than the Governor’s proposal, we should be proud of the work we have done
The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) offers an annual scholarship for library school students and new professionals to attend ALA’s Annual Conference. The Conable Scholarship provides for conference registration, transportation, housing (six nights), and a $300 stipend for meals and other expenses. The deadline to apply is April 26, 2024. For more information, visit the
PLEASE NOTE: The Directors Association Business Meeting scheduled for April 17th has been moved from in person to online, at 10:00 am. REGISTER
