LIBRARY HAPPENINGS

NEWS FROM

Barrington Public Library - The Isinglass Teen Award for 2005-2006 was recently awarded to Sonya Sones, at a presentation at the Barrington Middle School, for her book "one of those hideous books where the mother dies". Ms. Sones talked to the students about how she became a writer for youth, and read from some of her works. The Isinglass Award is now taking nominations for the 2007 list; simply send titles recommended by 7th and 8th grade students to blibrary@metrocast.net and include title, author, and year published. The committee prefers titles published within the past 3 years. Voting for the 2006-2007 winner will take place in the spring. All communities in New Hampshire may vote!

Amy Inglis, Director
Barrington Public Library

Sanbornton Public Library - The Sanbornton Public Library is honored to announce a generous donation made to the children's library collection by the family of Academic Librarian Vincent M. Livoti. Vincent is the middle of five children, raised by Robert and Betty Jane Livoti of Plumber Shores.

"My family has lived in Sanbornton for more than 30 years. The library helped shape my understanding of the world... The goal of this collection was to supply an array of inclusive materials to help prepare our community's children for an increasingly cosmopolitan world," stated Vincent, a Doctoral Candidate at the Union Institute, Vermont College who collects and teaches K-12 resources for a university in Cambridge, MA.

The Livoti Family Children's Media Collection consists of hand-selected items in a variety of formats - including books, magazines, DVD, VHS, CD-ROM, Learning Objects, Art, and Plants. All the items, over 500 to date, were chosen with the aim of enriching the community's public resources. The family's contributions will continue over the next several years.

The library staff was overwhelmed by the family's generosity. "The whole family arrived and unloaded box after box of beautiful new children's materials," reported Chris Finer, the library's former Director.

The Sanbornton Library's new children's room is part of the major renovation project that includes a two-story addition to the historic Woodman Academy on Meetinghouse Hill. "The timing of this gift is truly auspicious," said Finer. "Just as we completed the children's room, we received all these wonderful new books to put into it."

-Reprinted with permission
Cab Vinton, Interim Library Director