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Join us on Thursday, June 13 at 7 pm for an illustrated talk by ornithologist Eric Masterson, author of Birdwatching in New Hampshire. Masterson’s talk will feature the best of the best of New Hampshire’s birding, with photos and anecdotes taken from the book. Masterson was featured on last Friday’s NH Chronicle show on WMUR. This presentation will take place in the John F. Chick Meeting Room on the lower level of the Madison Library, and is free and open to the public. Copies of the book “Birdwatching in New Hampshire” will be available for sale and signing after the presentation.
If you’ve visited the library in the past few days, you know we’re up and running with our new library system. All in all, a smooth transition. Thanks to staff and volunteers who are busy learning the new program, and also to all library patrons, who have been understanding and patient. If you haven’t yet, take a look at our new online catalog. One important thing we’ve learned: while updating to new software is great, interesting, and important, people are way more interested in our Summer Reading Program! We’re a little late getting the information out about start date and our plans, but here’s a quick rundown of what’s coming up:
Fay Melendy (at left in photo, below) was elected as the next President of FOML at their annual meeting last month.
MADISON LIBRARY will be CLOSED on Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1 as we migrate our records to a new software system. At the beginning of June, we’re saying goodbye to InfoCentre, and saying hello (aloha?) to Koha, an open source library management software. With Koha, searching our catalog will be friendlier, and users will have more control over their own accounts, i.e. placing holds, saving lists, suggesting titles, and more.
Here in America, we often take for granted that there are places like the public library, places where we can go to use computers, read, gather information and learn. This is often not the case in countries like Botswana. Robert and Sara Rothschild, seeing a need, established a family foundation that, in collaboration with the Botswana government, is building libraries in villages throughout that country.
Visit www.chooseprivacyweek.org throughout the coming week to follow an online forum on privacy. |
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