If you want to contact the READS-TO-GO chairperson, Diane Mayr, please note that the address on the RTG flyer for libraries will probably have the wrong email address on it.  (If you'd like, you can download an updated flyer here.)  Please use dmayr@nesmithlibrary.org.  You can also contact RTG through our blog, and, as always, you may look in the NHSL's NH Library Directory. 

If you check out the blog, there is a new posting on Discussion Companions.  Please use the comments section to offer your own suggestions. 

--Diane

Categories: READS-TO-GO

Posted by Diane M. at 02:39 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

As some of you may have heard, the New Hampshire Library Association is now on Twitter @nhlibrarians. We'll probably be tweeting a little more often then we've been posting blog entries, and the content will be a little different...more conversational, more newsy about developments in the profession and industry, and at times more intellectually challenging. Would you like to contribute entries to the @nhlibrarians Twitter feed? If so, send me an email or send me a direct message on Twitter @nhlibrarians.

For those of you who think Twitter is still about sharing with the world what you had for lunch, you will be greatly surprised (and pleased) to learn that Twitter is increasingly considered a knowledge sharing universe of great importance. In fact, at a September 2009 symposium at Syracuse Univeristy, New York Times columnist David Pogue discussed how Twitter can serve as a tool of "cultural diplomacy."*

So, go to Twitter, create an account and start following NHLA. It won't hurt, and you might learn a lot. If I still haven't won you over, take a look at some of our recent tweets:

• At our fall conference, Mike York referred to Stephen Abram's assessment of open source ILS. Here is Mr. Abram's piece, http://bit.ly/2GgT2m
• rt @alamw EBSCO is offering five $1500 scholarships to attend Midwinter! Hurry & apply by 11/23 - http://bit.ly/2oNRB3
• Professor R. David Lankes presents “New Librarianship” keynote at Charleston Conference 2009, http://bit.ly/lFNZB and http://bit.ly/4ElHFQ
  

* Source: "Symposium guests will explore cultural diplomacy Sept. 20-21," http://bit.ly/1rNAik, viewed on November 14, 2009.

Categories: Social Networking

Posted by Steve B. at 07:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Librarians are invited to visit the Children's Book Review, which will take place the week of November 16 at the Weeks Memorial Library in Lancaster.  The Review will be open at 3:00 pm on Monday, November 16 and will be available during library hours every day that week during library hours until noon on Saturday, November 21.  Librarians may come and preview more than 300 new titles in children's and teen fiction and nonfiction.  They can also select several new books that will be sent to them via van following the Review.  The books that will be available at the Review can be found on the Children's Book Review page of NHU-PAC.  (On the opening page of NHU-PAC, click on the Librarian's Tools tab.  Then, select the Children's Book Review link on the purple bar.  You will then come to a page that offers links to the list of books in the November Review.)

For the Weeks Memorial Library address and operating hours, please visit http://www.lancasternh.org/town_services/lancaster_nh_library.htm  If you have any questions about the Review, please contact Ann Hoey at Ann.Hoey@dcr.nh.gov.

Categories: CHILIS , NH State Library , YALS

Posted by Ann H. at 11:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The RTG committee is pleased to announce the addition of five new kits to our program.  All the titles are fiction.

They are: 

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein and In the Woods by Tana French, both hosted at Portsmouth Public Library.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, hosted at Lee Public Library.

Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum donated by the Hillstown Co-op and hosted at the Amherst Public Library.

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen, donated by the Exeter Area GFWC and hosted at Exeter Public Library.

Many thanks to all the donors and hosting libraries!

To be among the first to learn of new kits, and other RTG items of interest, visit our blog at www.reads-to-go.org and sign up to receive notification in your inbox.

Categories: READS-TO-GO

Posted by Diane M. at 10:45 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are partnering to offer five scholarships for librarians to attend the 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston. The meeting takes place Jan. 15-19, 2010, and offers an opportunity for continuing education, meetings and interaction with colleagues.
Each EBSCO scholarship will be in the amount of $1,500, and one of the five scholarships will be awarded to a first-time conference attendee. The scholarship money is to be used for conference registration, travel and expenses.

Deadline for entry is Nov. 23, 2009, and the application information can be found at: http://bit.ly/28k8sJ.

Scholarship recipients will be notified no later than Dec. 15, 2009.

To apply, candidates must complete the application criteria and submit an essay that answers the following question: “What do you believe to be the biggest challenge in managing electronic resources in libraries today, and what solutions do you envision?” Essays and applications will be judged by a jury designated by ALA.

Source: http://bit.ly/1kg4DH

Categories: ALA , Conferences , Events

Posted by Steve B. at 04:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

From the ACRL Insider blog..."ACRL invites proposal submissions for the ACRL 2011 National Conference to be held in Philadelphia, March 30 – April 2, 2011.  The full text of the Call for Participation is online.

The ACRL 2011 National Conference theme, “A Declaration of Interdependence,” reflects the idea that in order to be successful, libraries must cooperate with each other and interconnect with their campus communities.  ACRL invites individuals to submit their most innovative or radical proposals to help make ACRL 2011 a truly revolutionary conference."

Categories: Academics

Posted by Steve B. at 07:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

At the 2009 NHLA Business Meeting on Thursday, Nov. 5th, the Ann Geisel Award of Merit was given to Andrea Thorpe, director of the Richards Free Library in Newport, NH. Please join me in congratulating Andrea on this special achievement.

To see more photos from the event, visit NHLA's Flickr account.

Categories: Awards

Posted by Steve B. at 12:10 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

From ALA's Washington Office...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s passage of the USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 3845) yesterday put Congress back on track to achieve comprehensive reform of our nation’s surveillance laws, say the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).

“Chairman Conyers and other leaders in the House Judiciary Committee conducted a thorough, open debate of H.R. 3845,” ALA President Camila Alire said. “The weak bill the Senate released after closed-door negotiations would not provide library patrons with privacy online, but H.R. 3845 includes many provisions that will re-establish the balance between the needs of law enforcement and the rights of the American public.”

Read more here...

Categories: ALA , Intellectual Freedom Committee

Posted by Steve B. at 11:52 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Selection of a winner for the 2009 READS Award of Excellence took a great deal of reflection. Nominees represented the best in library service all around New Hampshire. Pamela Smith, Head of Technical Services and Systems Librarian at Howe Library in Hanover emerged as this year's award recipient. She represents the highest ideals of READS, NHLA and the library profession.

According to her nominator, Mary White, Howe Library Director, Pamela makes public service her highest priority, leading the library staff with her technical expertise and commitment to services Hanover's tech-savvy patrons enjoy.

Pam served in the Vermont House of Representatives, and worked in the Acquisitions and Serials Department at the University of Vermont before joining the Howe Library staff. In her present role she has presented workshops at NELA and NH Library Association conferences as well as in her library. She is behind a long list of upgrades in technical services at the Howe Library, and makes full use of emergent technology whenever it is useful to the library community. Congratulations, Pam!

Categories: READS

Posted by Christine H. at 01:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

If you are going to the NHLA Fall Business Meeting (a.k.a. Fall Conference) and plan on arriving bright and early, please consider volunteering at the Registration Table to assist attendees as they arrive. No heavy lifting required! If you're ready to commit, just send an e-mail to judynhla@gmail.com and I'll respond in a timely fashion.

Thanks in advance,

 Judy Haskell

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Posted by Judy H. at 10:18 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

For those who would like to attend the NHLA Fall Business Meeting on Thursday, November 5th at the  Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside and haven't yet registered, please FAX your registration form to (603)224-5406 and mail your check to the Local Government Center, PO Box 617, Concord, NH 03302.

The last day to register is Friday, October 30th. The registration form can be found on the NHLA website.

I'm looking forward to seeing you there!

Judy Haskell

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Posted by Judy H. at 01:02 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)