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Home. Family Motherland. (Art Wall January 2020)

12/30/2020

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Home. Family. Motherland.

A traveling exhibit courtesy the Fermata Arts Foundation celebrating its 10th anniversary. These children's drawings are from Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk (3 cities in Eastern Ukraine) that are traveling around New England states from June 2018 to June 2020.

It originated as a Children's Art Contest organized by the Kharkiv Regional Library. Residents of Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk submitted artwork to celebrate the 25th independence of Ukraine. This creative competition was held within the framework of the national project of cultural integration "Ukrainian Donbass".

Check out the display while is visits the Meredith Public Library for January!

Links: Fermata  Arts Foundation
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Meredith Library: Top Checkouts of 2020!

12/22/2020

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Adult Fiction:

1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
2. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
3. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
4. Wolf Pack by C. J. Box
5. The 18th Abduction by James Patterson
6. The First Lady  by James Patterson
7. The Cornwalls are Gone by James Patterson
8. The 19th Christmas by James Patterson
9. The Summer Guests Mary Alice Monroe
10. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Adult Non-Fiction:

1. Becoming by Michelle Obama
2. Educated by Tara Westover
3. The Pioneers by David McCullough
4. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
5. Madame Fourcade's Secret War by Lynne Olson
6. Maybe  You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
7. The Complete Guide to Fasting by Jason Fung
8. Last Boat Out of Shanghai by Helen Zia
9. Styling with Salvage by Joanne Palmisano
10. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold


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Library Card Sign-Up Month Bingo Card!

8/21/2020

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Votes for Women Exhibit

8/18/2020

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Celebrate the centennial of women’s suffrage in the U.S. with Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence! Check out our exhibit of Women's Suffrage in America, located in the computer/audiobook room.
 
 
Exhibition Description
 
The story of women's suffrage is a story of voting rights, of inclusion in and exclusion from the franchise, and of our civic development as a nation. Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence, a poster exhibition from the Smithsonian, celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment and explores the complexity of the women's suffrage movement and the relevance of this history to Americans' lives today.

The crusade for women's suffrage is one of the longest reform movements in American history. Between 1832 and 1920, women citizens organized for the right to vote, agitating first in their states or territories and then, simultaneously, through petitioning for a federal amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Based on the National Portrait Gallery exhibition of the same name, Votes for Women seeks to expand visitors’ understanding of the suffrage movement in the United States. The poster exhibition addresses women's political activism, explores the racism that challenged universal suffrage, and documents the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment which prohibits the government from denying U.S. citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex. It also touches upon the suffrage movement's relevance to current conversations on voting and voting rights across America.

Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery. This project received support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative.
 
The Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story is one of the country’s most ambitious undertakings to research, collect, document display and share the compelling story of women. It will deepen our understanding of women’s contributions to the nation and the world. More information about the initiative is available at womenshistory.si.edu.

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GOLD - Dementia Handbook & Resource Guide Access

8/4/2020

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We now have free online access for the titles Dementia Handbook & Resource Guide. All you have to do is access Grey Hound Online Databases (GOLD) either from within our library (no login required) or from home. You can also access the link under our "SERVICES" tab at the top menu of our main page.

If you are accessing GOLD remotely from home, you can use the following link and login info:

https://gold.greyhouse.com
 
* Client ID: Meredith
 
* Login User Name: Meredith
 
* Password: 03253
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Grab n' Go Teen/Tween Bundles!

7/22/2020

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Do you have an elementary aged reader who has a hard time picking out what they want at the library, or are you in a hurry and just want to grab a stack of stuff on the run?
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Then check out our new Grab n' Go Bags on the balcony! Each bag is hand picked based on a different theme, and they contain a variety of formats, like fiction, nonfiction, comics, and audio!

The current themes are:
  • Coding
  • Cooking/Food
  • Doggos
  • Drawing
  • History
  • Music
  • The Outdoors
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Video Games

Check one out today!
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The Library will be Re-opening with Limitations July 7th, 2020!

6/30/2020

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Picture"View from the library's back foyer looking onto the former library parking lot."
Staff will be very happy to see our patrons again, but we want to urge everyone to take advantage of our curbside pick-up service. Not only are we still in the middle of a pandemic, we have also begun construction. We have no parking lot and the main entrance in the back is closed. The only way in is through our historic entrance on Main Street. Temporary stairs and a temporary ramp have been put into place at that entrance and we still have an emergency only exit. Curbside service pick-up is at the bottom of the ramp and our new book return should be ready once we open,” said Library Director, Erin Apostolos. Curbside pick-up hours are Tue-Thu from 9AM-6PM, Fri 9AM-4:30PM and Sat 9AM-1:30PM. Please call us at 603-279-4303, email us at librarian@meredithlibrary.org, use our online form available from our Website or make a request online using our catalog. Our website is www.meredithlibrary.org.

The building will be open to the public Tue-Thu 10AM-7PM, Fri 10AM-4PM and Sat 10AM-1PM, but with some restrictions. The library trustees urge everyone to wear a facemask when they come in. “Many of our patrons are elderly,” said Trustee Chair Ann Butler. “Think of the precautions you would take if you were visiting your grandparents in a nursing home and please take the same precautions when entering the library.

In keeping with social distancing guidelines, only twenty patrons will be allowed in the building at one time, only four public PCs will be available and patrons will have a total of thirty minutes per day in the building. “We call this phase ‘Grab and Go’,” said Apostolos. “It’s a model we’re borrowing from other libraries open in the area. We have also removed all public seating except at the four public PC terminals.

Services available include technology assistance, Notary Public (please call ahead to set up an appointment for these two services), reference and readers’ advisory, faxing and making copies.  

"Summer Reading will be virtual this year. Karen, John and Jess have been working on some fun ways to keep everyone reading including weekly kits you can take home. Call us or come in and chat with them about Summer Reading,” Apostolos said. 

Click here to view a handout of all of our guidelines for patrons during this phase. All of these guidelines were created with your and the staff's upmost safety in mind along with following state's recommendations. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please e-mail librarian@meredithlibrary.org or call (603) 279-4303. 

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New Curbside Pick-up Hours!

6/4/2020

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Library Building Project Tentatively Begins June 8!

5/30/2020

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Pictured: Meredith Library Fund President James McFarlin, far right, uses his “social distancing stick” to give the first part of the Fund’s donation to the Town for the library building project to Select Board Chair Ray Moritz, second from the left. Looking on is Library Trustee and Selectman Jonathan James (far left) and Selectman Nathan Torr (second from the right).
The Trustees of the Meredith Public Library are very excited to report that that library building’s renovation and expansion project which passed Town Meeting by a 92% majority in March is tentatively set to begin construction work on June 8th. 

Once the project begins, there will no longer be access to the library parking lot or back entrance.   The Library’s curbside pickup will move to the front of the building. To provide library access as the project begins, a temporary ramp is being installed up the historic front steps, so that one side of the steps will be ramp and the other side will still be steps.  When the library can safely reopen to the public, the front entrance will be the only way in and out of the building. A book return will also be coming to the front of the building during construction.

The amazing Meredith Library Fund successfully raised nearly 20% of the cost of the project in a year’s time! This has allowed the project to move forward as the trustees await the July bond sale for the remainder of the funding. Early work will involve tree removal, ledge removal, excavation of an elevator pit and upgrading of electrical service. 

The trustees wish to thank the voters of Meredith, the Board of Selectmen, the Meredith Library Fund and its many donors for their tremendous support of this project.

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Make Flags for the Library!

5/29/2020

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Help decorate the Library for the Fourth of July! You can draw or color your flag and then drop it off in the book drop or mail it physically! 

If you would like to send it in the mail, here is our mailing address: 

Miss Karen
P.O. Box 808
Meredith, NH 03253
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