Thursday, May 30 4:15 pm - 7:15 pm
Dutchess BOCES
The Mid-Hudson Library System is partnering with Dutchess BOCES School Library System to offer a free book care workshop with Kimberly Young, the Book Doctor from DEMCO. Book Doctor Workshops provide book care training with the aim of helping you keep your collection in circulation longer.
Training includes protection and repair techniques and offers:
Kimberly will tailor the 3-hour training to your specific needs but workshops typically cover basic page repairs, tip-ins, hinge and spine repairs, book jacket and laminate applications, and how to reinforce spines.
Hardcover and softcover books, as well as small tools, will be supplied for participants.
Course Instructor: Your Book Doctor is Kimberly Young. She has worked in a wide variety of library settings across regionally, socially, and culturally diverse areas of the U.S. Her work focuses on collection development, material processing, and book care. As the Book Doctor, she has traveled the country helping hundreds of attendees build a range of new skills, a better understanding of processing books, and confidence. Kimberly loves meeting all the new people who are as passionate about book care as she is.
The current Directors Association Meeting Packet will be available at Mid-Hudson Library System Directors Association page.
Monday, June 3 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Libraries are under increasing pressure to connect with the media and to generate publicity that will attract attention, create interest, and win support for their libraries and programs.
Understanding media and publicity can be a daunting task but with the right Public Relations plan in place, you can reach more of your community and promote your library in a way that will build support from your local community members.
In this session, you’ll learn:
Presenter: Kosi Harris has been a public relations specialist for the past ten years. She specializes in non profit, consumer products and hospitality clients including: EveryLibrary, Time Warner Center, American Heart Association, Easter Seals, Wethos, Peru Tourism, Bird + Stone Jewelry, Tourette Association of America, Wham-O Toys, Grand Canyon Railway, and Reebok Watches.
She has become adept at amplifying the voices of brands and maximizing client visibility through key relationships with press, media, and prominent influencers such as Harper’s Bazaar, Fatherly, Thrive Global, USA Today, Forbes, People Magazine, Buzzfeed, NY Times, and Yahoo Finance.
This session is co-sponsored by Ramapo Catskill Library System, Mid-Hudson Library System, and Westchester Library System.
Wednesday, June 5 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Meeting of the MHLS Personnel & Planning Committee.
Wednesday, June 5 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will develop a working knowledge of library funding and organization in New York State; receive a clear overview of stakeholder roles and responsibilities and receive an introduction to Open Meetings Law and best practices for effective board meetings. This webinar provides a foundation of knowledge that other workshops in the MHLS Trustee Education Series will build on.
Thursday, June 6 10:00 am - 10:45 am
This is a closed session available ONLY to participants of the May 3rd workshop: Balancing Acts: Cultivating Compassion for Library Worker Wellness.
This is the third of four, ONLINE mini sessions to help participants of the May 3rd workshop: Balancing Acts: Cultivating Compassion for Library Worker Wellness, apply the principals learned during the workshop.
Workshop participants will be emailed a link to register for this online event.
Though this session will be held online it will not be recorded to help foster a safe space for participants to have an open dialogue.
Monday, June 10 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
This is a closed session available only to participants of the 2024-25 Evaluating Our Impact: Summer Reading Program Cohort.
Cohort participants will be directly emailed a link to access this online event.
Monday, June 10 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
This intermediate-level course is for trustees who have been on the board for at least a year.
Library boards are trusted with public and private funds to provide quality library service to their community. Transparency and accountability must be at the forefront as a board makes decisions pertaining to the library’s finances. This course will focus on the financial and fiduciary responsibility involved with:
The library’s budget
Tuesday, June 11 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mid-Hudson Library System Auditorium
The current Directors Association Meeting Packet will be available at Mid-Hudson Library System Directors Association page.
Followed by a New Directors Forum.
Tuesday, June 11 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Mid-Hudson Library System Auditorium
Meet Up for New Directors
Topic: Administrator’s Sierra Checklist with Laurie Shedrick, MHLS Assistant Director and Technology Operations Manager
You are not alone! Join us for an informal gathering of New Directors (in your role for 3 years or less) to discuss relevant topics related to finding your path as a new director. Facilitated by MHLS Executive Director, Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, author of the Handbook for New Library Directors in New York State & co-author of the Handbook for Library Trustees in New York State, this program will address questions submitted in advance by attendees, particularly in the areas of working with your board, planning, and project/time management.
Submit your questions here: https://forms.gle/GVVDxvEGmprPXTfWA
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