As I'm sure you all have written down in your calendar, NHLA's spring conference in 2009 will be taking place on May 19th and 20th in Bartlett, NH. However, there are many additional library conferences you might like to know about. Simply visit our "Other Conferences" page to get dates and links to conferences ranging from ALA Midwinter in January, to SLA in June, to ASIS&T in November. There's also another link at the bottom of the page that connects you to an uber-website for library conferences spanning the globe. So check it out!

And don't forget about the CHILIS and READS conferences for which dates will soon be announced!

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The CHILIS Board is now accepting nominations for the CHILIS Librarian of the Year Award.  If you know of an individual who has contributed significantly to enriching library services to children and/or teens in New Hampshire, please consider nominating that person.  Criteria for the award as well as nomination forms can be found on the CHILIS website at http://www.nhlibrarians.org/chilis/  Information and nomination forms were also sent via van to public library directors. 

The deadline for nominations is January 15, 2009.  All nominations should be sent to
CHILIS/NHLA
c/o Local Government Center
PO Box 617
Concord, NH 03302-0617

Thank you!

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7 new, hardcover copies of The Story of Edward Sawtelle by David Wroblewski.  First response, first served.  Library and Van stop a must!

Amy Thurber

Director

Canaan Town Libary

 athurber43@yahoo.com

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All of the presentations that were successfully recorded at the annual business meeting day are now available on a new NHLA Podcasts page, http://www.nhlibrarians.org/podcasts.html. Instructions on how to listen to the four recordings and how to subscribe to our podcast channel are provided on the page, but let me know if you have any questions. As more presentations at various NHLA and its sections' events are recorded, we will be sure to add them to our podcast page.

By the way, the software I used for editing the recordings and making them available online on our site as a subscribable podcast is completely free. If you'd like to learn more about recording presentations, speakers, performances and other events at your library and making them available online, I suggest taking one of Bobbi Slossar's classes at the State Library, or joining the Information Technology Section, or looking at our podcasts page from time to time because I hope to post some links to educational resources soon.

Categories: Podcasts

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If you host a READS-TO-GO kit and it isn't circulating at the moment, feel free to contact me and I'll mention it here on the blog!  Thanks!

--Diane Mayr

dmayr@library.windham.nh.us

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Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers by Mary Roach is available for your book group to borrow.  It's currently sitting on the shelf at the Nesmith Library and would love to take a ride in the van to your library.

from the Introduction to Stiff: "This book is not about death as in dying.  Death, as in dying, is sad and profound.  There is nothing funny about losing someone you love, or about being the person about to be lost.  This book is about the already dead, the anonymous, behind-the-scenes dead."

One thing I'll tell you, the discussion of this book won't be dull!  If you'd like to book this kit, contact Lois at lfreeston@library.windham.nh.us.

--Diane Mayr

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Here is the audio recording for the third presentation in the adult literacy program session. Louise Hazen and Nancy Ladd speak about the adult literacy program they coordinate at the Pillsbury Free Library in Warner, NH

Categories: Conferences , Podcasts , Professional Development

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Here is the audio recording for the second presentation in the adult literacy program session. Tammy McClure and Judy Fournier speak about the adult literacy program they direct at the Fuller Public Library in Hillsboro, NH

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Thank you to everyone who contributed to the raffle - those who contributed baskets/items for the baskets, and also those who bought raffle tickets. We raised approximately $150 from the fall raffle, in addition to the $600 from the spring conference raffle. The NHLA Board recently decided to earmark this money for speakers at the fall conference, so you’ll see a direct benefit from this fundraising if you attend the fall conferences in the future. Thanks again!

Sean Fleming/NHLA Ways and Means

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Here is the audio recording for the first presentation in the adult literacy program session. Beth Sabol speaks about the "Learn To Read" program she directs at Manchester City Library.

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At the , Deborah Ross Wilcox was presented with the 2008 Ann Geisel Award for Distinguished Service to the New Hampshire Library Community. The Ann Geisel Award of Merit recognizes librarians, libraries and other individuals and organizations that have contributed to the Association or the New Hampshire library community. Through their efforts as library professionals, providing library services or advocating for library issues, they have improved all New Hampshire libraries.

Read more about Debbie and what her nominators had to say about her here.

Congratulations Debbie!

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Here are two additional reports, along with tomorrow's meeting agenda.

• Ways and Means committee report
  
• Membership report
• Meeting agenda
  

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Hope to see you all tomorrow in Nashua.  Thanks to Steve Butzel for all the hardwork putting this meeting together.

President's Report

Amy Thurber

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The third set of speakers in the session on adult literacy programs will be Judy Fournier and Tamara McClure from Project LIFT (Literacy for Today) of the Fuller Public Library in Hillsboro, NH..

Judy Fournier has been Program Director for Project LIFT Adult Education in Hillsboro for the past 8 years. She has worked with families in many capacities including home visiting, parent educator and counselor. She has a master's degree in counseling and certified as a family life educator. As program director, she is responsible for recruitment of students and volunteer tutors, scheduling, program administration and also teaches basic adult education, GED preparation and English as a Second Language. Project LIFT collaborates with social services agencies in the community and several school districts in order to provide students and their families with appropriate referrals for their needs.

Tamara McClure has been the librarian at the Fuller Public Library from 1989 to the present. Before coming to Fuller Library, she was the Media Associate at  Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School from 1980-1989. In 1993 Tamara was instrumental in applying for the original federal grant for literacy called Project LIFT which was granted again in 1994 and 1995. Since 1995 the Library has continued to fund Project LIFT.

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Here are two more reports for your reading pleasure. They are both Word documents.

• CHILIS
• Intellectual Freedom Committee

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