Administration - 603-271-2392

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.

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

Mark your calendars: the CHILIS Spring Conference is scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, 2009. More details will be posted soon on the CHILIS website.

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. 

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

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.