Mid-Hudson Library System Directors Association
The Mid-Hudson Library System Directors Association meets regularly. Check the MHLS online calendar for dates.
- Current DA Business Meeting packet
- Past DA meeting packets
- Bylaws of the Directors Association of the Mid-Hudson Library System – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 2/28/2024
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Statement of the MHLS Directors Association – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 11/18.2022
- Pandemic Policy of the MHLS Directors Association – Approved by MHLS Directors Association 3/27/2020
- 2024 DA/SSAC Officers:
- Chair (serves as DA Chair): Mary De Bellis (LaGrange)
- First Vice-Chair (serves as SSAC Chair): Johanna Reinhardt (Cold Spring)
- Second Vice-Chair (fills in for Chair, in lieu of 1st Vice Chair, takes minutes in absence of the Secretary): Thea Schoep (Claverack)
- Secretary (takes minutes of DA meetings): Michele Capozzella (Mahopac)
- Assistant Secretary (takes minutes of SSAC meetings): Matt Pavloff (Kinderhook)
- 2024 Advisory Committee Membership
- 2024 Meeting Calendar for DA & DA Committees
- Member Assessment Table
- 2025 Member Assessment Table – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/11/2024
- 2024 Member Assessment Table – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/13/2023
- 2023 Member Assessment Table – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/14/2022
- 2022 Member Assessment Table – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/09/2021
- 2021 Member Assessment Table – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/10/2020
- 2020 Member Assessment Table – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/11/2019
- Budgeting for the MHLS Member Assessment
- E-Resources: Digital Content, Databases, Catalog Enhancements Cost Shares: The cost per library of all collectively purchased E-resources
- 2023: For 2023 there are no planned cost shares for member libraries. Please refer to the Directors Association’s Ad Hoc OverDrive Committee’s Final Report for Recommendations on budgeting and collection development in OverDrive
- 2022: $143.94 per library for TumbleBooks – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/9/21
- 2021 – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/10/20
- 2020 – Approved by the MHLS Directors Association 6/11/19
- 2019 – Approved by MHLS Directors Association 6/6/18; Amended by the MHLS Directors Association 11/15/18
- 2018 – Approved by MHLS Directors Association 6/8/17
- Member Library Mileage Equalization Grant Program: Information & Details | Claim Form (due Jul 15 & Dec 15) | Mileage Chart | Library Resolution
- Members Capital Fund Policy – Approved by MHLS Directors Association 6/11/19; Approved by MHLS Board of Trustees 7/10/19
- Moving Forward Documents