In our efforts to improve coordination and development of new library services to special populations, the N.H. State Library has created a new organizational section, the Special Services Section.

This new section brings the Family Resource Connection and the Best Schools Resource Center into one organizational unit. The Family Resource Connection, a special library service now in its sixth year, serves the informational needs of New Hampshire families of children with special needs and those who work with these families. The two-year-old Best Schools Resource Center provides reference services and informational resources to participants in the Best Schools Leadership Institute, a Department of Education initiative facilitating continuous educational improvement of schools throughout the state.

Alice Nye, coordinator of the Family Resource Connection for the past five years, has been appointed to head this new section. In addition to her expanded managements responsibilities, she will continue to focus on developing the two library collections as well as providing targeted, responsive reference services. Moreover, she will be exploring other government agencies and populations that will benefit from specially tailored library services.