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Contact Us
The MHLS Bulletin welcomes submissions from member libraries.
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 MHLS Member Libraries Compete in the 2017 Battle of the Books Regional Battles.
The Mid-Hudson Library System's second annual High School Battle of the Books took place on Saturday, August 19th, when teams from 11 libraries gathered to battle it out at the Poughkeepsie Day School. All summer long, students in grades 9 through 12, from across the system read the same five books: I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (overwhelmingly the favorite),
Bone Gap
by Laura Ruby, The Young Elites by Marie Lu,
I Hunt Killers
by Barry Lyga, and
Noggin
by John Corey Whaley. After a fun afternoon of battles-
and pizza
-the Howland Public Library from Beacon took first place, followed by Beekman Library in second, and Kingston Library in third.
On Saturday, September 16th, 27 libraries from the five counties of Mid-Hudson Library System met at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, NY, to compete in the 13th Annual Regional Battle of the Books for middle school students.
The day began with 26 teams (two libraries collaborated for one team) testing their knowledge on trivia from the eight books that they read throughout the spring and summer. The 2017 titles were Bruiser by Neal Schusterman, The Future of Us by Jay Asher, The Heartbreak Messenger by Alexander Vance, I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest, The Lightning Queen by Laura Resau, The Roar by Emma Clayton, A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz, and The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.
Throughout the day, the teams played their way through the bracketed competition, being eliminated after they lost two rounds. The competition was fierce and the battles were close, but by the end of the day, the winners emerged: the Patterson Library Turrents came in first place-and didn't lose a single round, the Staatsburg Suckers were awarded second place, and the Beacon Bees finished in third place.
 A rainbow came out to help celebrate the
Patterson Library's win!
Congratulations to the winners, and all participants!
The members are already busy planning next year's battles. For more information or if your library is interested in joining in the Battle of the Books, contact Kristin Charles-Scaringi at kcharlesscaringi@kingstonlibrary.org
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MHLS Announcements
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The MHLS Annual Membership Meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 27, 2017,
at the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home, Hyde Park, NY. The
registration deadline is Monday, October 16th.
To register visit: http://bit.ly/2xQGI5r
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Summer Reading Programs may be over but the memories are forever! Saugerties Public Library created a wall of "Nutty Inventors" to celebrate participating summer readers.
The readers qualified to be posted on the wall by completing their reading records that totaled 750 minutes of reading time. They added a gold star for each additional completed reading record. There were 68 Nutty Inventors in total, ranging from ages 6-12 years old.
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Professional Development
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RIPL 2018 Scholarship Opportunity for Rural and Small Library Staff: Are you interested in learning how to use data for decision making, strategic planning, and demonstrating the impact of your library? Do you work in a rural and small public library? If so, we hope you will consider applying for a scholarship for next summer's
Research Institute for Public Libraries
(RIPL) [
https://ripl.lrs.org/
].
Up to 20 scholarships to the RIPL 2018 event in Atlanta, Georgia (July 29 - August 1, 2018) are available to staff working in rural and small public libraries in the United States. These scholarships are funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). RIPL is a national event, hosted by the Colorado State Library and the Colorado Library Consortium, and offers three days of hands-on, intensive workshops about:
- Evaluation design and implementation
- Data collection and use for strategic planning, management, and communication
- Measures for reporting library impact
To be eligible for a scholarship,
you must be employed by a U.S. public library that is located in a rural area AND serves a population of less than 25,000. To determine whether your library meets these criteria, please visit http://bit.ly/2xhA7Ve In addition, you must be a first-time participant of RIPL - if you have already attended a national or regional RIPL event, you are not eligible for a scholarship. For more information and to apply, please see
http://bit.ly/2yfy293 Scholarship applications are due by 8:00 pm on
Friday, October 27, 2017.
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Strengthening Communities Through Libraries Minigrants
: The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is now accepting online applications for the Strengthening Communities Through Libraries Minigrants. These grants are made possible through a grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. Proposals should include programming that strengthens community opportunities for STEAM learning during school breaks. ALSC will award twelve $5,000 Strengthening Communities Through Libraries minigrants to members in public libraries and develop supplemental resources that will be made widely available to support the out-of-school time programming of libraries and other community organizations. The deadline to apply is Oct. 20, 2017. For more information and to apply: http://bit.ly/2vPZ0ma
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Administration & Management
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Disaster & Business Continuity Planning: Recently, the hurricanes named Harvey and Irma caused flooding and other damage to public libraries in the states of Texas and Florida. These recent events serve as an important reminder that all libraries should regularly review their disaster preparedness and/or business continuity plans. The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) has developed a list of resources to help libraries prepare for and deal with the consequences of natural disasters. This resource list is accessible at:
http://bit.ly/2xUCZIo
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