A new Children's Book Review will be held at the North Country Office of the State Library in Lancaster from Monday, November 7 from noon to 4:30 pm and on Tuesday, November 8 through Thursday, November 10 from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. The state library is closed on Friday, November 11. The Review will conclude on Monday, November 14 and will be held that day from 8:30 am until noon. Preview new titles in picture books and juvenile and young adult fiction and nonfiction. All attendees will receive 1-3 new books following the Review as well as an attendance "freebie."

We will be resuming our Children's Librarian's Coop in November, and invite anyone who is interested to come to this informal gathering and sharing of ideas, programs, books, and more.
We will be meeting at the Plaistow Public Library the 3rd Friday of the month starting at 9:30am. The November date is November 18th. Looking ahead, we will also meet on December 16th for some Holiday fellowship!
We hope you can join us! If you have any questions, need more information, or need directions to the library, please e-mail me or call me at the number below.

Deb Hoadley
Plaistow Public Library
85 Main Street
Plaistow, NH 03865
(603) 382-6011
ppl-childrens@comcast.net

Fall 2005 Modules

Cataloging Overview (CAT-01)
9 contact hours (part 1 of the Cataloging Track)
intended for anyone working in a library and as a beginning course for catalogers

This course is designed to provide a general exposure to how we describe, catalog, classify, and otherwise organize materials in libraries. It is for those new to the library, without cataloging training, or a good refresher for those that "haven't cataloged in years!" (no prerequisite)

Section CAT-01-2005C
Site: Stratham - Wiggin Memorial Library
Instructor: Linda Kepner
Dates: Tuesdays 01, 08, 22 November 2005 9am – Noon
Tuition: $100.

Juvenile Non-Fiction Collection Development and Management (CD-05)
9 contact hours - intended for children's librarians and elementary school library media personnel.

This course is designed for anyone who needs to make decisions on what to add to, keep in, or remove from their collection of J-NF. (no prerequisites)

Section CD-05-2005A
Site: Hancock Town Library
Instructor: Ann Hoey
Dates: Thursdays, 10 & 17 November, 01 December 2005 9am – Noon
Tuition: $100.

Further information is at www.nh.gov/nhs/training/modules
Registration form is at: www.nh.gov/nhsl/training/modules

Questions to: tladd@library.state.nh.us Tom Ladd, NHSL tel: 800-462-1726

Also, please check the training calendar on the NHSL website for continuing education opportunities offered not only by the state library but also by other agencies in-state and out-of-state. To access the calendar, visit http://www.state.nh.us/nhsl/calendar/calendar.htm

Please take a few moments to check your library's listing in the NHSL online Directory of Libraries http://pierce.state.nh.us/libdir/.
Areas often needing updating are your list of Trustees, your website link, and your open hours. Also, plesae be sure that we have your PHYSICAL address too, if your mailing address is different (e.g. PO Box).
Any updates should be sent by e-mail to Darlene Reinhard at NHSL at darlene@library.state.nh.us.

Library Services to Persons with Disabilities - 603-271-1498 - 1-800-491-4200

Talking Book Service Celebrates Active Centenarians

NH State centenarians, Leonore Bouchard of Berlin, Bertha Carignan of Manchester, Mary Dalton of Danville, Eleanor Furlow of Enfield, and Marion Greene of Concord became the first inductees in the 10² Talking Book Club on September 13, 2005. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) of the Library of Congress and the New Hampshire State Library Talking Book Service officially launched the New Hampshire chapter of the national program. The Club was created to recognize the accomplishments of Talking Book readers 100 years of age and older and to give them priority on high demand materials such as new releases. Alma Vandervliet of Keene who will turn 100 later this year was also recognized for her active participation in the program. The six women enjoy talking books in a variety of subjects including biographies, historical novels, mysteries, classics, romances and adventure.

The 10² induction ceremony and reception that followed were held at the NH State Library. Approximately 25 invited guests attended the program. Among them were family members, friends, NH Governor John Lynch, the Commissioner of Cultural Resources, the Administrator of Library Operations, the Northern Conference Network Consultant of the National Library Service, the Vice President of the New Hampshire Association for the Blind, representatives from the Colby Memorial Library in Danville, former and current NH Talking Book Regional Librarians and Talking Book Service staff.

Talking Book Service exists to meet the reading needs and the reading interests of New Hampshire residents who are physically unable to see; handle or process printed material comfortably. Over 2000 people are enrolled in the talking book reading program and over 90,000 books are circulated each year. For further information call 1-800-491-4200.

NHAIS Services - 603-271-2141

*During the month of August, NHAIS services added to the database 5,668 new titles and 23,434 new items.

*There's still room in NHU-PAC searching, interlibrary loan, and cataloging classes coming up October 19 in Concord, and October 25 in Berlin. For details, go to

www.nh.gov/nhsl/training. You'll find a link to the online registration form near the top of the page.

*A link to the online Directory of New Hampshire Libraries has been added to the Help! tab. After looking up information about other libraries, use your browser's Back button to return to the NHU-PAC (or, since you surely have the NHU-PAC bookmarked, choose it from your list of favorite sites). Because the Directory is housed on a different server from the NHU-PAC, please note that you may lose any unsaved lists when you use the link.

*Readers with exceptional memories will recall an overnight maintenance outage was supposed to happen August 10 but didn't. As it turns out, SirsiDynix was able to do the necessary work in the background while the NHU-PAC remained in service so there won't be a need for an outage to deal with that work. That's not to say another issue won't come along which will require some downtime for our database.

*Readers with exceptional eyes for detail will note the reference to SirsiDynix in the previous paragraph. You'll still see the Dynix logo at the bottom of many NHU-PAC pages but the company merged with Sirsi in June and one of these days we can expect to see a SirsiDynix logo on our pages. If you can't wait to see the new logo, go to www.sirsidynix.com/.

Technical Services

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Linda Jayes as the Supervisor of Technical Services at the NHSL. Most recently Linda has worked in technical services at the Dimond Library at UNH in Durham. She will be starting her assignment in early November

Michael York
State Librarian