N.H. STATE LIBRARY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY ALERT
by Tom Ladd, Education Coordinator
N.H. State Library
North Country Office, Lancaster

The N.H. State Library is pleased to announce the Spring 2004 offerings in the Modular Library Education Program. Full information is available online at: http://www.state.nh.us/nhsl/libed/modules.html. Registration forms are linked from that page, or directly at: http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/libed/modreg.html. Please note the new address for registrations!

Questions? Please contact Tom Ladd, N.H. State Library Education Coordinator at 1-800-462-1726 (N.H. only), 788-5197, or by e-mail at tladd@library.state.nh.us.

SPRING 2004 MODULES --

Children & Youth Services Overview (JUV-01) -- 9 contact hours -- intended for anyone working in a library that provides services to children and young adults.
This course will familiarize students with the concepts of library services to children and young adults, and how they fit into the library's service response to the community. It is intended to be a general orientation for all public library employees and as a beginning module for children's and YA services staff. (No prerequisite)

Puppetry Programming (JUV-05) -- 7 contact hours -- intended for anyone interested in using puppets in children's programming.
This course will present basic puppetry skills, demonstrate how puppetry can be used in programming, and develop the ability to adapt stories into puppet scripts or programs. (No prerequisites)

The Reference Interview (REF-02) -- 9 contact hours -- intended for anyone doing any reference work with the public.
This course is designed for anyone working in a library who helps the public with any sort of reference questions. Students will learn and practice the best methods of clarifying exactly what the patron wants to know. Students have shown that using these interpersonal interview skills contribute more than any other factor to reference patron satisfaction. (No prerequisites)