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News Member Library COVID Status Each RCLS member library is determining their own service changes in reponse to the status of the COVID pandemic. These changes have been reported to us and have been compiled in a chart: https://guides.rcls.org/COVID19LibOpenClose 2022 Operating Budget BUDGET DISCUSSIONS Grace Riario, RCLS Executive Director; Stephen Hoefer, RCLS Fiscal Officer and […]

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Disabilities Serving People with Disabilities ppt (RCLS Workshop 2009) [permission granted by The Self-Advocacy Association of NYS, Inc. Hawthorne, NY] ALA / ASCLA The Association of Special Cooperative Library Agencies Professional Tools:  Library Accessibility – What You Need to Know Tip Sheets:  ( for example:  mental illness, multiple disabilities,  assistive technology, etc. ) Disability Awareness: […]

COSAG Minutes 5/17/2012

Present: Linda Aumick, Board President – Action Toward Independence
Janet Dymond, Senior Librarian – Eastern Correctional Facility
Allison Johannessen, RSVP Coordinator, Orange County Office for the Aging
Dan Hulse, RCLS Development Officer & COSAG Chair
Leslie Riley, RCLS Public Services Consultant & Outreach Coordinator

COSAG Minutes 10/27/2011

Present: Linda Aumick, Board President – Action Toward Independence
Joann Hargabus, Director of Services – Action Toward Independence
Dan Hulse, RCLS Development Officer & COSAG Chair
Leslie Riley, RCLS Public Services Consultant & Outreach Coordinator

COSAG Minutes 10/25/2012

Present: Linda Aumick, Board President – Action Toward Independence

Janet Dymond, Senior Librarian – Eastern Correctional Facility

Allison Johannessen, RSVP Coordinator, Orange County Office for the Aging Margaret McDowell, Hudson Valley Chapter NYS Health Care Providers

Laura LaSusa, OrangeWorks

Mimi Vilord, Rockland County United Way

Dan Hulse, RCLS Development Officer & COSAG Chair

COSAG Minutes 10/24/2013

Present: Linda Aumick, Board President, Action Toward Independence & Literacy Partners of Orange County, NY

Allison Johannessen, RSVP Coordinator, Orange County Office for the Aging

Teri Thal, Not-for-Profit Consultant

Carl S. Berkowitz, RCLS Board of Trustees & Action Toward Independence

Robert Hubsher, Executive Director, RCLS

Mimi Vilord, President & CEO, Rockland County United Way

Dan Hulse, RCLS Development Officer & COSAG Chair

COSAG Meeting Minutes 05/27/2015

Present: Linda Aumick, Board President – Action Toward Independence

Margaret McDowell, Gardiner Senior Resource Committee

Matt Pfisterer, Director, Middletown Thrall Library

Deborah Worden, Assistant Executive Director & Systems Advocate, Action Towards Independence (ATI)

Janet Dymond, Senior Librarian – Eastern Correctional Facility

Dan Hulse, RCLS Development Officer & COSAG Chair

COSAG Meeting Minutes 11/5/2015

Present: Linda Aumick, Board President – Action Toward Independence

Carl S. Berkowitz, President, RCLS Board of Trustees

Margaret McDowell, Gardiner Senior Resource Committee

Matt Pfisterer, Director, Middletown Thrall Library

Joann Hargabus, Director of Services – Action Toward Independence, (ATI)

Mimi Vilord, President & CEO, Rockland County United Way

COSAG Meeting Minutes 06/06/2016

Present: Deborah Worden, Assistant Director, Action Toward Independence

Carl S. Berkowitz, President, RCLS Board of Trustees

Matt Pfisterer, Director, Middletown Thrall Library

Joann Hargabus, Director of Services – Action Toward Independence, (ATI)

Karrie Williamson, Senior Librarian, Otisville Correctional Facility

Dan Hulse, RCLS Development Officer & COSAG Chair

COSAG Meeting Minutes – November 2016

Present: Deborah Worden, Assistant Director, Action Toward Independence

Carl S. Berkowitz, President, RCLS Board of Trustees

Matt Pfisterer, Director, Middletown Thrall Library

Joann Hargabus, Director of Services – Action Toward Independence, (ATI)

Karrie Williamson, Senior Librarian, Otisville Correctional Facility

Dan Hulse, RCLS Development Officer & COSAG Chair