Electronic and Government Information Services - 603-271-2143

The schedule and registration information for the NHSL Spring Workshops are now available online. Need help with NHewLINK Databases, more information about the latest technology, what reference resources are online and how to use them? Register today at www.nh.gov/nhsl/training/index.html

Library Development Services - 603-271-2865 (Concord) - 1-800-462-1726 (Lancaster)

A Children's Book Review will be held at the Weeks Memorial Library in Lancaster from April 14 to April 18 during the library's operating hours (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 1 - 4:30, 7 - 9 and Tuesday and Thursday 9 - 4:30).  Librarians can come and preview new titles in children's and young adult fiction and nonfiction.  All librarians who attend the Review will receive (via the van) some free books of their choosing after the Review.

The NHSL Training Calendar lists various continuing education opportunities for NH librarians.  These opportunities include classes offered by the state library as well as other institutions in NH and New England.  See the calendar at  www4.egov.nh.gov/sign-up/public/cal.asp?y=2

Register for Spring Modular classes.  You can find courses on Budgeting for the Public Library, Juvenile Nonfiction Collection Development and Management, NH Legal Reference for Public Libraries, The Reference Interview, The Reference Answer, and Weeding, Thinning, and Cultivating Your Collection.  There's also a Librarians' Orientation at the state library in Concord.  To find more details, go to www.nh.gov/nhsl/training/modules/index.html

Trustee training workshops will be offered by The Charitable Trusts Unit of the NH Dept. of Justice again this spring. Sessions for Library Trustees will be held on Wednesday, 28 May 2008 from 10:30am - noon in Shelburne, NH and on Thursday 05 June 2008 from 1:30pm - 4pm in Concord. These are free of charge. Registration information is at http://doj.nh.gov/charitable/pdf/municipal_trustees.pdf