 We are pleased to add two new online subscriptions to our reference databases...and both can be accessed from home. Visit meredithlibrary.org, scroll down a bit on the home page and then click on Services>Genealogy to access our new databases Newspapers.com and Fold3, as well as the ones we already have including Ancestry, HeritageQuest, AmericanAncestors and FamilySearch.
First, Newspapers.com offers full-page images with searchable full text from over 17,000 different newspapers in the US and worldwide. Dating from the early 1700s into the early 2000s. Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full runs and portions of runs of known, regional, and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries. The second one is Fold3 featuring premier collections of original military records. These records include the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served in the military. Many of the records come from the U.S. National archives, The National Archives of the U.K. and other international records.  Now that we have our renovated and expanded library building completed, we would like to find out how we can better serve you. Please take a moment to complete our Patron Satisfaction Survey.
Miss the Blockbuster days? Wish you lived in an era where you had a Blockbuster or a Video Rental Store? Did you know that libraries provide the SAME service and MORE? This Library Card Sign Up Month (September 2022), you can get a special edition Meredith Library Membership card that brings out all the nostalgia! Check out movies, videogames, audiobooks, books (of course), and MORE!
 Clara Bates is our featured artist for the month of August! Stop by the Function Room and check out her work today!
 The library staff donned their “Oceans of Possibilities” t-shirts to welcome everyone to the Summer Reading season. With raffles, events, and prizes we have something for everyone this year.
The Blue Ocean Society will have a life-sized whale on the lawn that families can enter and learn about whale anatomy. Wildlife Encounters returns to the Community Center with a fun array of animals. Go shopping for summer reading prizes at the Seashell Shop. Read more about these things in the Children's section. Classes for teens will be offered in the Maker Space including watercolor painting and sewing. Learn how to make paper and keep a lunar journal. Read more about it in the Teen Section. Adults are also invited to join in the fun with the return of Summer Readers’ Tic-Tac-Toe. Each week we will raffle off a $25 gift card to a store or restaurant in Meredith, sponsored by the Friends of the Library. You can enter as many times as you like but may only win once.  Winter Reading Program, Meet the Artist Series, The Friends Book Sale, Genealogy Club, The Teen Advisory Board and so much more! We have jam-packed so much stuff into February that there is something going on nearly every day!
Join us for an Adult Winter Read featuring a Hygge Basket Raffle every Friday in February. Hygge, Pronounced "hoo-ga," is a Danish concept that encompasses a feeling of coziness. Pick up a Tic-Tac-Toe sheet at the display near the Main desk. You can enter many times, but may only win once. Miss Karen is hosting a Winter Read for all ages in the Children's Room. Pick up a reading log, fill it in, return it to the children’s room and shop in the Snowflake Hut. Lots of fun things to buy. There will be weekly raffles, a story hike & a movie with a popcorn bar. Children's Winter Reading ends March 4.  We are pleased to announce that the Meredith Public Library has been awarded $18,487.00 in funding through the Institute for Museum and Library Services’ “Grants to States” program. The grant program is part of the American Rescue Act Plan of 2021 and is being facilitated by the N.H. State Library.
The money will be used to help equip our new Maker Space. It will also be used to collaborate with the Lakes Center for the Arts to bring artists to the library to exhibit their work and to teach art classes. The grant also helps us to collaborate with the Meredith Historical Society to digitize some of the society and library’s collections and to teach others how to digitize their home collections. The Meredith Library Fund through a generous grant from Heart & Hands Thrift Shop is also partnering with the library on this grant. We received an additional $6,000 to purchase ten iPads with Apple Pens and Keyboards that will be used in the Maker Space to teach Digital Art classes, among other uses. They also gave us funding to purchase a 3D Printer and a 3D Scanner. Some of the equipment we will be purchasing will allow for digitization of home movies in various formats, slides, photos and historical books. We also will be purchasing a large scale color printer, an engraver, sewing machines, a Cricut machine and other items that will allow us to serve artists, personal historians and small business owners in our community. A survey will be available soon asking what we can do in the Maker Space to better serve the community. Linda and Matthew bring you up to speed on Library events and services and what they are personally reading and watching.
Relevant Links and Mentioned Titles: Documents and Policies at the MPL (See: Meeting Room Policy) The Libby App! Book Groups Highlights of Grand Opening on December 4 The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec Wheel of Time Trailer Deep Space Nine Trailer Podcast Link |
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