We are very excited to begin circulating physical items again.  Staff are available Mon & Tues, Thu & Fri from 9:00AM-5:00PM and Wed from 11AM-7PM.

​To place an order for pickup you can:

• reserve items using our online catalog and a member of staff will call or email you back with a pick up time.
• Fill out an order form.  A member of staff will call or email you back with a pick up time.
• Call us at 603-279-4303 to place an order.

We will also start our Homebound Delivery service again brought to you in partnership with the Altrusa Club.  Please call the above number or email librarian@meredithlibrary.org to place an order.
 
The library building remains closed to the public until the Governor lifts the stay at home order.  Your requested items will be left in a bag on a card table near the back entrance.  Your name will be labeled on the bag.  

The staff looks forward to seeing you again, even if it's just a wave from the window.

— Erin Apostolos, Library Director

Have you been creating things while social distancing? Taking photographs? Painting? Using coloring books? Finished a big puzzle as a family? Send us your photos of what you've been working on! 

From your photos, we will create a virtual art display of your work! We miss you guys and want to see how creative you've been. 

E-mail your submissions to linda@meredithlibrary.org

View the submissions so far! http://www.meredithlibrary.org/virtual-art-display.html

We have been compiling links to help with distance learning and boredom during the quarantine/lock-down. Here are a variety of resources to help with learning from afar, as well as just some fun things to do from home! 

Virtual Museum Tours: 

• Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
• The Winchester Mystery House
• The Paris Catacombs
• U.S. National Parks
• The Frick Collection
• The Palace of Versailles
• Atlas Obscura's List of "Museums You Can Visit From Your Couch Right Now"
• Densho: Oral History of Japanese World War II Internment
• Newport Mansions Virtual Tour of The Elms
• Take a Virtual Tour of Two Recently Excavated Homes in Pompeii
• At-Home STEM Activities from McAuliffe-Shepard ​​
• A Virtual Tour of the Louvre​​

Online Classes: 

• Khan Academy
• Coursera
• The Great Courses
• 450 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free
• 1,500 Free Online Courses from Top Universities (via OpenCulture.com)
• Nikon is offering free online photography classes for all of April
• Lynda*
• Udemy*

​Fun Stuff!

• The Bird Library
• Evanston Public Library rooftop 'Falcon Cam'
• Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
• Good Night with Dolly!
• The Big List of Children’s Authors Doing Online Read-Alouds & Activities
• Help Transcribe Documents in the National Archive!
• Help Transcribe Ancient Documents!
• Yoga with Adriene
• Read Animorphs! 
• Hogwarts Digital Escape Room 
• Project Gutenberg
• LibriVox
• Piplio: Audiobooks about Nature for Children, Offering Six Months Free. 
• StarNet Home Activities for Earth Day (STEM)
• NASA at Home

Documentaries/Movies Streaming for Free:

• 10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki
• PBS Frontline 
• PBS American Experience
• PBS American Masters
• 10 Great German Expressionist Films: Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari & More

Fun with the Meredith Library Staff:

• Virtual Story Time w/ Ms. Karen
• Quarantine Theater with Mr. John
• Book Babble: Genre Talk 
• What's on Linda's Bookshelf?
• Miss Jess's Meredith Scavenger Hunt & Book Log
• More to come!

* Not everything is free on links marked with asterisks. 

In case you missed the big news, here is a media round-up!

• WMUR News convered the donation on their February 14 show:
  

• The donation was also covered in the Laconia Daily Sun, click here to read the article!
  

Looking to make a donation to the Meredith Library Fund? Please visit their website at MeredithLibraryFund.org. There are also plenty of Naming Opportunities still available, just visit the Naming Opportunities page on the Meredith Library Fund website.

A huge thank you to the community for all of us at the Meredith Library. We could not do this without your support.

Don't forget two very important upcoming events:
 
February 29 at 11AM: Library Building Project Update @the Community Center
March 11 at 7PM: Town meeting is at the Inter-Lakes High School auditorium.  The library building renovation/expansion project will be on the warrant for vote. 

Thank you!

Meredith Library Fund's #MoveTheMercury hashtag challenge was a resounding success. Thank you to everyone who participated and submitted a photo, or just shared the event!

Lakes Region Visiting Nursing Association's submission got the most likes and they are donating the gift basket to one of their clients!

Meredith Library Fund thanks Paquette Signs for their in-kind donation of the two “thermometer” signs supporting our Capital Campaign which are now installed at the Meredith Public Library lawn and the Route 3/25 junction.

“Paquette Signs, located in Meredith, has been designing and building signs for New Hampshire’s Lakes Region and beyond since 1970. We produce signs the old fashioned way combined with modern day technology. “We build signs that build business.”

The 501(c)(3) Meredith Library Fund’s mission is to obtain tax-deductible donations and grants to provide a philanthropic opportunity to help equip, renovate and expand the Meredith Public Library and reduce taxpayers’ cost for the project.

Meredith Library Fund’s campaign launched February 1, 2019 and will end March 1, 2020.  Through generous pledges and donations, we have already raised $540,000 toward our goal of $1,125,000.

For more information about ways to donate to our Capital Campaign and the project please visit our website www.meredithlibraryfund.org
                                                                                                                                                                         

Visit the Meredith Library Fund website for more information.

As Meredith residents, we have established the independent 501(c)(3) Meredith Library Fund. Our mission is to obtain tax-deductible donations, pledges and grants to
provide a philanthropic opportunity to help equip, renovate and expand the Meredith Public Library and reduce taxpayers’ cost for the project.

The campaign launched on February 1, 2019. We are pleased to report pledges are already at $60,000, jump starting our fundraising efforts. We are setting a goal of $1,125,000 for the capital campaign, based on the positive
feedback received from the recent Library Trustees Fundraising Study.

The Meredith Library Fund has received our 501(c)(3) designation letter from the Internal Revenue Service which can be viewed on our website. To learn more about Meredith Library Fund and the different ways to donate, pledge or volunteer, visit our website at  www.meredithlibraryfund.org .

Questions regarding the fund should be directed to Meredith Library Fund
president Jim McFarlin at 603-393-0863 or  jameswmcfarlin@gmail.com .

Many thanks in advance for your support.

James McFarlin – President
Jaime Laurent – Vice President
Steven Geer – Treasurer
Amy LaFavre – Secretary
Jeff Reilly – Director at Large