Registration for the MHLS Annual Membership Meeting closes on October 19th!

Assemblymember Didi Barrett participated in Claverack Free Library's Library Card Sign Up Month Campaign in September. Library staff, trustees, and Friends all showed off their favorite way to use their library cards throughout the month-long campaign.

United for Libraries and New York Library Association (NYLA) are getting ready for National Friends of Libraries Week, October 15-21! Visit National Friends of Libraries Week for last minute celebration ideas and resources and during Friends of Libraries Week take the NYLA challenge and get social by sharing all about your NY Friends Group using the following schedule:

There are two online Trustee Education events this month:

• Trustee Handbook Book Club: Equity, Diversity, Access & Justice | October 17th | 5:00 – 6:30 pm | Register

Join co-author of the Handbook For Library Trustees of New York State Rebekkah Smith Aldrich and friends for this fun and informative series! At each session, trustees will take a deeper dive into a topic relevant to their role and responsibilities as a library trustee.

• Core Values & Ethics (MHLS Trustee Education Series) | October 19th | 5:00 – 6:30 pm | Register 

Attendees will develop a working knowledge of the Core Values of Librarianship and how those values translate to the work of the board, particularly in the area of policy making. This webinar will also review board ethics and use case studies to illustrate “values and ethics in action.”

Trustees who attend either session live will receive 1.5 credit hours toward their Trustee Education requirement. 

Libraries as Community Resilience Hubs | October 19th | 10:00 – 11:30 am | Register 

Join us online as we explore how libraries can focus on not only facility issues to ensure libraries are energy-secure and comfortable in extreme weather but to also think through how libraries serve as a community hub for education and action projects that bring neighbors together to problem-solve in the face of the impacts of climate change.

Participants will:

• gain an understanding of what climate resilience is, and how it relates to the role libraries can play in their communities;
• learn how to develop a network of potential community partners to jointly identify community-based climate resilience projects to implement and;
• begin to plan for the implementation of at least one climate resilience project at their library or in their community.

This program is presented through a partnership with the Mid-Hudson Library System, Ramapo Catskill Library System, and Sustainable Hudson Valley.

Library Director, North Chatham Free Library

The North Chatham Free Library is in a tiny hamlet within an Historic District. The original Library building, started as a service to the community, is still on the property, and serves as a meeting room. Though small, the Library is known for an out-sized offering of programs covering a wide range of topics for a diverse audience. The Library is at a crossroads in its development and looking for candidates who are excited to help reach its full potential as a place of resources, entertainment, education, and community gatherings.

View the full job description and how to apply.

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Children’s Librarian, Putnam Valley Free Library 

The Putnam Valley Library, an association library serving a semi-rural community of 12,000 individuals in the lower Hudson Valley of New York, seeks an enthusiastic and creative full-time Programming Librarian or Assistant Librarian for its children’s floor.

View the full job description and how to apply.

MHLS recommends that the minimum starting salary of a full or part-time librarian with an MLS degree be at least equal to that of a teacher with a master’s degree in the same community. 

Local

• Jacobson delivers library grant in Highland | Mid Hudson News 10.8.23

National

• Tracie D. Hall Out at American Library Association | Publishers Weekly 10.5.23

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