Administration - 603-271-2392

The New Hampshire State Digital Publications Library is now online and available for use by the public.  The service was designed to provide access to the growing number of state of New Hampshire agency publications that are available in digital format. It serves as a permanent archive of publications that would otherwise become unavailable when state agencies update their Web sites.  It can be accessed online via www.nh.gov/nhsl.  Click on "NH Digital Library" in the "Quick Links" box on the right.

New Hampshire’s Department of Cultural Resources is pleased to announce that the process to apply for grants through its Conservation License Plate grants programs—also called “Moose Plate” grants—is now open. The deadline for the 2009 grant round is March 27, 2009.  Please see the following page for more information about the Moose Plate grants being offered by the State Library: www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/moose.

Electronic and Government Information Services - 603-271-2143

Do you or any of your library staff members have specific technology training needs that are not being addressed by the Technology Workshops? Or perhaps none of the workshops have fit into your schedule? If so, feel free to contact Bobbi Slossar and request some informal, one-on-one training this winter.

Bobbi is happy to offer training on a wide range of technologies to a single individual at a time at NHSL. See below for some of the technology-based topics:

• Web 2.0: A general overview
• Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Building a library site with WordPress.com or Blogger -- or jazzing up an existing blog!  
• Creating a Facebook page for your library 
• Setting up Joomla, Drupal or WordPress.org as a local installation (your laptop required)
• Setting up any of the above on a remote server to which you already have access
• Introduction to Tech Planning
• Using the state-provided databases (Ebsco, NoveLilst, NewsBank, Biography Resource Center, genealogy)
• Setting up LibraryThing for readers' advisory
• Introduction to RSS feeds and using a newsreader
• Downloadable Audiobooks (OverDrive)
• Other Web 2.0: bookmarking, social software, podcasting, etc.

The training is free, and Bobbi only asks that the training takes place at NHSL and that you are flexible to possible winter weather conditions.

Please call Bobbi at (603) 271-2143 or email her at bobbilee.slossar@dcr.nh.gov to set up training sessions.

Library Development Services - 603-271-2865 (Concord)

The annual collection of Public Library data by the NHSL will begin this year in February.  Please watch the NHAIS-L list for an announcement when the online reporting will begin.  The deadline this year is 20 April 2009.  We hope that the earlier collection will enable every single library to get their report in before the busy Summer season begins. Contact Tom Ladd or (603) 419-0086 with any questions.

The CHILIS Spring Conference will be held on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at Southern NH University in Manchester. More information and registration materials are posted on the CHILIS website at www.nhlibrarians.org/chilis

The 2009 Kids, Books and the Arts grant applications are now online at www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/kids_books.html. Libraries should submit their applications by Wednesday, April 8, 2009.

The NH Public Library Statistics for 2007 (compiled from the data submitted by the libraries in their annual reports) is now posted online at www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/2007Statistics.htm. This material is in Excel spreadsheets for your use.

T-shirt orders for the NH Summer Reading Program will be collected starting the week of February 9th.  Order forms will be posted to the CHILIS website along with a link to the t-shirt designs.

READS Roundtables will feature the theme "Managing in Tough Times."

This structured roundtable discussion program will be offered three times:

• 23 March 2009  Monday Hanover Howe Library  10am - Noon
• 25 March 2009  Wednesday  Hooksett Public Library  10am - Noon
• 27 March 2009  Friday  Plymouth  Pease Public Library  10am - Noon

Watch the READS website for registration information: www.nhlibrarians.org/reads.

Tom Ladd, NHSL Consultant & Library Education Coordinator is in temporary quarters courtesy of the Weeks Memorial Library in Lancaster, and may be reached at:

New Hampshire State Library
North Country Office
c/o 128 Main Street
Lancaster, NH  03584

van:  LANCASTER / NHSL-NCO
Thomas.Ladd@dcr.nh.gov
temporary phone (603)419-0086