Mid-Hudson Library System Explained

The Mid-Hudson Library System (MHLS) is a public library system in the Hudson Valley of New York. It was established in 1959 by the State of New York.[1]

MHLS comprises libraries in five counties: Columbia County, Dutchess County, Greene County, Putnam County and Ulster County. The System's headquarters is in the city of Poughkeepsie.

Member libraries

Columbia County

Member LibraryLocationImageCollection (2018)Historical notes
Canaan Branch LibraryCanaan2,653
Chatham Public LibraryChatham34,932
Claverack Free LibraryClaverack18,537
Germantown LibraryGermantown14,917
Roeliff Jansen Community LibraryHillsdale30,619
Hudson Area LibraryHudson22,369
Kinderhook Memorial LibraryKinderhook16,701
Livingston Free LibraryLivingston4,925
New Lebanon LibraryNew Lebanon24,611
North Chatham Free LibraryNorth Chatham18,400
Philmont Public LibraryPhilmont18,263
Valatie Free LibraryValatie10,129
Sources:[2] [3]

Dutchess County

Member LibraryLocationImageCollection (2018)Historical notes
Amenia Free LibraryAmenia9,300
Howland Public LibraryBeacon52,432
Beekman LibraryBeekman30,572
Clinton Community LibraryClinton10,359
Dover Plains LibraryDover Plains26,421
East Fishkill Community LibraryEast Fishkill63,171
Blodgett Memorial LibraryFishkill41,491
Hyde Park LibraryHyde Park40,860
LaGrange Association LibraryLaGrange52,220
Millbrook LibraryMillbrook44,493
Northeast-Millerton LibraryMillerton20,234
Pawling Free LibraryPawling27,129
Pine Plains Free LibraryPine Plains11,391
Pleasant Valley LibraryPleasant Valley46,954
Adriance Memorial LibraryPoughkeepsie (Market St.)192,039
Boardman Road Branch LibraryPoughkeepsie (Boardman Rd.)60,896
Red Hook Public Library, Inc.Red Hook25,559
Starr LibraryRhinebeck38,454
Morton Memorial Library and Community HouseRhinecliff11,216
Staatsburg LibraryStaatsburg19,936
Stanford Free LibraryStanford24,311
Tivoli Free LibraryTivoli14,580
Grinnell Public Library DistrictWappingers Falls45,484
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Greene County

Member LibraryLocationImageCollection (2018)Historical notes
D.R. Evarts LibraryAthens9,977
Cairo Public LibraryCairo30,189
Catskill Public LibraryCatskill21,065
Heermance Memorial LibraryCoxsackie16,048
Greenville Public LibraryGreenville27,650
Hunter Public LibraryHunter15,576
Mountain Top LibraryTannersville18,905
Palenville Branch LibraryPalenville8,292
Windham Public LibraryWindham19,432
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Putnam County

Member LibraryLocationImageCollection (2018)Historical notes
Brewster Public LibraryBrewster26,697
Julia L. Butterfield Memorial LibraryCold Spring19,378
Reed Memorial LibraryCarmel22,882
Alice Curtis Desmond and Hamilton Fish LibraryGarrison37,797
Kent Public LibraryKent55,730
Mahopac Public LibraryMahopac113,050
Patterson LibraryPatterson28,494
Putnam Valley Free LibraryPutnam Valley43,991
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Ulster County

Member LibraryLocationImageCollection (2018)Historical notes
Clintondale Branch LibraryClintondale6,381
Town of Esopus LibraryEsopus28,330
Highland Public LibraryHighland30,619
Hurley LibraryHurley11,155
Kingston LibraryKingston (Franklin St.)62,810
Town of Ulster Public LibraryKingston (Ulster Ave.)44,947
Marlboro Free LibraryMarlboro26,054
Sarah Hull Hallock Free LibraryMilton17,399
Elting Memorial LibraryNew Paltz74,436
Olive Free Library AssociationOlive36,020
Phoenicia LibraryPhoenicia11,759
Morton Memorial LibraryPine Hill6,900
Plattekill Public LibraryPlattekill23,160
Rosendale LibraryRosendale21,549
Saugerties Public LibrarySaugerties54,611
Stone Ridge LibraryStone Ridge29,801
West Hurley Public LibraryWest Hurley19,623
Woodstock Public Library DistrictWoodstock51,118
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External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: March 2014 . History Mid-Hudson Library System . Mid-Hudson Library System Board of Trustees.
  2. Web site: Member Libraries – by County. Mid-Hudson Library System. March 29, 2017.
  3. Web site: Library Technology Guides. Libraries.org. March 29, 2017.

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