"Get Carded” in September at the Meredith Public Library!
The Meredith Public Library has been challenged by other New Hampshire libraries to see which library can have the highest percentage of new library card holders by the end of September.  It is our goal to get as many people “carded” as possible this month!  Please stop by the library  to get your library card.  All Meredith residents and property tax-payers are eligible for a free card as are all Inter-Lakes students and staff.  Non-residents must pay a small fee of $10.00.  Please bring a
current form of identification with you such as a driver’s license, rental agreement or electric bill.

Top Ten Things You May Not Have Known About
“Getting Carded”
10.  Check out a telescope for one week.
  9.  Visit Squam Lakes Science Center, Castle in the Clouds and other area attractions for free or at a reduced rate.
  8.  Download eBooks, eAudios and eMagazines at no charge.
  7.  Check-out over 4000 movies and television shows.
  6.  Try out a Kindle.
  5.  Access genealogy databases, academic journals or draft legal documents all from our Website.
  4.  Renew your items online from home.
  3.  Get tech support for your smart phone, laptop or other
devices at no charge.
  2.  Order hard-to-find items from other public and academic libraries in NH.
  1.  Help your local library win the Granite State Library Card Challenge Trophy…but in the end you’re the real winner with your Meredith Library Card!
 

We want to hear from you! We are conducting a patron satisfaction survey for 2018. Follow the link HERE, fill it out, and be entered to possibly win a free Kindle Fire! 

We are excited to announce a great service that will allow you to easily keep track of everything going on in Meredith! Burbio.com is a FREE website and app that puts school, library and other local events all in one calendar. You can create a personalized event feed and even sync events to your Google or iPhone calendars!  You'll also be notified when events change or get cancelled.  

Sign up at Burbio.com or download the free iPhone  or Android App and follow the calendars that interest you. 

Click HERE for Meredith Public Library's Burbio Feed.
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(If you are involved in a group or organization and want to get your events on Burbio, please contact: groupsupport@burbio.com).

Rebecca Harrison's Artist Statement:

"I am an artist who struggles. Not the same as a struggling artist though. It is because I am surrounded by so much that I want to paint that I struggle to know where to start!

For the past twelve years I have consistently taken lessons and painted along the way. In addition, I experiment with drawing, printmaking, batik, etchings, collage, quilting and love it all. So today my art is not just what I did in a couple hours, but a long history of experimenting. I am always starting and stopping and starting again. I just try and make art. Art is my visual interpretation drawn from many sources and many journeys of my mind and body.

I love color, I love to have fun and to be whimsical and to try and try again. I love to be bold and honest and authentic. I try not to take myself too seriously. I try not to take anything too seriously to be honest unless it is a serious manner. It seems I am a little impressionistic, sometimes realistic and often a little of both.

When I paint I am thinking about light, composition, color and intensity. But the light is really the thing. I love moonlight, sunlight, daylight, firelight, soft light, bright light and subtle light. I am drawn to the outdoors and plein air painting in the summer and find myself in the studio in the winter and a little of both in between. I love the creative process. If the end result is what I set out to achieve then I'm pretty happy about that too.

Thank you for your interest."

Website: www.florascopes.com
Rebecca is a member of the New Hampshire Artist Association

Janet Moorhead talks about her experience filming a scene from Bob Montana's film Meredith: The First 200 Years for the Meredith Oral History Project.

A copy of Meredith: The First 200 Years by Bob Montana is available for check out if you have a library card with us.

For more information on the Meredith Oral History Project, please visit our website: oralhistory.meredithlibrary.org

New Hampshire Downloadable Books has added 25 "simultaneous, unlimited checkout magazine titles" to their collection. You can either read this via the Libby App or on your PC using the Read Now function. For full instructions on how to check out and use e-magazines, please consult the NHDB's instruction handout.

To access the OverDrive catalog from our website, hover over the "Catalog" menu and then click "Ebooks, Eaudio,  Emags"  from the drop down menu. 

Things to note:

*The format of these emagazines will not work with a black and white kindle.
*Checking out magazines does not count against your three checkout limit for other downloadable titles.
*Works best on the Libby App or on PC through the NH Overdrive's website.

We are working on the Library's float in the Meredith's 250th Anniversary Parade on Saturday, August 11, 2018. For the next month, you will be able to help us decorate our float by picking up a copy of our bookworm, coloring it (or painting it!) and returning it at either the main circulation desk or the children's room .

For more information on the parade, please visit the Greater Meredith Program's 250th Anniversary page! 

   George "Rusty" Locke became interested in photography some fifty odd years ago while serving in the U.S Army in South Korea as a journalist and combat photographer with the First Cavalry Division.

 "There was hardly any combat, frankly", Rusty said with a smile, "And the only photos I took were of visiting congressman, and generals representing the various countries who lent their military presence to the Republic of South Korea."

  Rusty continued his military service when he left the "Land of the Morning Calm" and was sent to New Mexico where he wrote, produced and directed many Army pubic service spots and radio programs highlighting the Army’s mission statement in the Southwest. When he left the service, he continued to work in radio in New Hampshire,and worked for several stations here  in the Lakes Region.

He was born and raised in the Granite State and will be seventy-six this December. Except for a few years in  southern Vermont, he has always lived here,  "There is a certain sturdiness in this state. A  timeless history that winks at you through the maples and stone walls." he said, "This is where I began to appreciate and tried to capture the beauty of New Hampshire - not with a standard camera but with my iphone."

"I’m not anybody special. If you have a phone that takes pictures you probably already have many shots of our lakes and mountains." He added that many camera phones have built in editing devices that can enhance many of your photos, Rusty and his wife Rose ( this July they are celebrating their 36th wedding anniversary) have five children (one works at the Meredith Library and is known as "Mr. John") and he also has four kids from a previous marriage and five grandchildren, Rusty's pictures will be on display through the month of July at the Meredith Town Library.

On July 4, we opened the fifty-year-old time capsule that was buried in the library front lawn! Hundreds of people gathered together to celebrate Meredith history on a very hot day! 

The items pulled from the capsule will be preserved and displayed at the Meredith Historical Society at a later date.

To see our photo gallery of the event, CLICK HERE.

A full list of items in the time capsule is under the read more break!