News from Jackson Public Library

Jackson, NH

  • Trustees meet Tu, Apr 4 @ 4pm

    PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA

    Jackson Public Library Board of Trustees

    April 4, 2023, 4:00 PM
    Jackson Public Library

    Contact (603) 383-3100 for Further Information

    • Approval of minutes from previous meeting
    • Reports
      • Interim Library Director
      • Treasurer
      • Friends
    • Election of officers
    • Alternates
    • Discussion of Trustee training opportunities, including NHLTA conference
    • Update on transition plan
    • Update on program policy and exhibits/displays policy
    • Book challenges
    • Discussion of “standing agenda topics by month”
    • Other business
      • Non-public session pursuant to RSA 91-A:3 II-b

    Next meeting: Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at 4 pm

  • Bookclub selections available now!

    Our book group, now led by incoming director, Meg Murphy, will meet next on April 12 @ 4pm. They will be discussing Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven. Copies of the book are now available at the library.

    Also available now is our new Cookbook Club selection, Smitten Kitchen. Our next meeting is Tuesday, March 28 @ 5:30pm. We have four seats left. Each cookbook club is limited to ten participants. If you plan to attend, please be sure you’re on the list when you check out the book. For cookbook club, participants each prepare a recipe from the selection and bring it to share so we all get to sample many of the recipes. Any questions, please email or phone us 383-9731.

  • Trustees meet Th, Mar 7 @ 4pm

    PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA

    Jackson Public Library Board of Trustees
    March 7, 2023, 4:00 PM
    Jackson Public Library

    Contact (603) 383-3100 for Further Information

    • Approval of minutes from previous meeting
    • Reports
      • Interim Library Director
      • Treasurer
      • Friends
    • Update on programs in 2023
    • Update on transition plan
    • Update on NNHLC Bookmobile Committee discussions
    • Discussion of revised collection policy
    • Discussion of standing agenda topics
    • Other business

    Next meeting: Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at 4 pm

  • Animals in Winter, Fri March 3 @ 4pm

    Winter means cold, ice, snow, and shorter days. How do New Hampshire animals survive in these conditions?

    Join a Squam Lake Science Center naturalist to meet live animals up close and find out about various adaptations they use to successfuly cope with the stress of winter.

    This event is free and open to the public with thanks to the Friends of the Jackson Public Library.

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  • Friends Annual Meeting 3/9/23 @ 4pm

    NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF JACKSON PUBLIC LIBRARY

    ANNUAL MEETING
    THURSDAY, MARCH 9th – 4pm
    LOCATION: JACKSON PUBLIC LIBRARY

    In accordance with the By-Laws of the Friends of Jackson Public Library, you are hereby notified that the 2023 (Year) Annual Meeting will be held at 4pm on
    Thursday, March 9th at the Jackson Public Library

    The purpose of the meeting is to update the membership on Association issues and the financial status of the Association, to present the 2023 Budget, and elect the following officer positions.

    • President
    • Vice-President
    • Treasurer
    • Secretary

    Nominees may be proposed by any member at the annual meeting. Five members present and voting at the annual meeting constitutes a quorum for the election of Officers and the transaction of all business of the corporation.

    Thank you.
    Sasha Tracy, Secretary, Friends of Jackson Public Library

  • Trustees meet 2/7 @ 4pm

    PUBLIC MEETING NOTICES AND AGENDAS

    Jackson Public Library Board of Trustees
    February 7, 2023, 4:00 PM
    Jackson Public Library

    Contact (603) 383-3100 for Further Information

    • Approval of minutes from previous meeting
    • Reports
    • Interim Library Director
    • Treasurer
    • Friends
    • Discussion of transition plan
    • Discuss record keeping needs
    • Discuss collection policy
    • Other business

    Next meeting: Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at 4 pm

  • New director incoming

    The Trustees of the Jackson Public Library are happy to announce that Meg Murphy will be our new Library Director effective July 1, 2023.

    At present, Meg works as a school librarian within the SAU system and is a certified Library Media Specialist. If you have been in Jackson a long time, you may remember Meg from her years as the Children’s Librarian in the Jackson Old Library from 2005-2009. Meg has also worked as a Library Assistant at the Josiah Bartlett Elementary School. Meg brings with her many years of experience in working in libraries and she looks forward to joining the team at JPL.

    In the meantime, Lichen Rancourt will remain our Interim Director as she transitions to her new position. We appreciate Lichen’s many years of service to our Library and know that she will be missed.

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  • Overdrive APP going away

    The day I have been dreading has finally arrived. In late April, Overdrive announced that the old Overdrive app will no longer work for downloading books, audios, or magazines. You must install their Libby app to use Overdrive on a mobile device.

    A little context for those that are interested. Many years ago, when downloadable books were just introduced several NH public libraries, with the New Hampshire State Library‘s support, formed a cooperative to offer a downloadable collection to our patrons. The platform we use is called Overdrive. That is the name of the service.

    Books, especially audiobooks, have been accessed many different ways, one was to download them to a desktop or laptop and transfer them to an mp3 player. Over the last five or so years, Overdrive has introduced Libby, an app for mobile devices, and encouraged us all to use that instead. It is only for mobile devices and does not allow for downloading or transferring to a device that is not internet capable.

    Now they requiring users to either use the Libby app on mobile devices OR read or listen via a web browser. There’s no more downloading and transferring.

    Some additional resources from Overdrive:

    Of course, our library staff are here to help as much as they can. Bring your device into us during our open hours and we will do everything we are able to get you off the ground. Please do note that we are short staffed at the moment and you may need to wait a bit or come back again if we are busy. You may also make an appointment with Lichen (currently limited to Tuesdays and Thursdays).

  • Website gets new content

    I am pleased to share that I’ve been recreating some content that we lost when our website crashed in December. Today you can enjoy our rebuilt Story book trails page to see what book is featured. And you can watch recordings of some of the Friends programs going back to 2016! Thanks to Jackson Flicks for hosting those videos.

    If you’re missing something that used to be on our website, please drop me a line and let me know!

  • Journey through the Northwest Passage 1/17 @ 7pm

    The Friends of the Jackson Public Library invite you to a presentation in their
    Armchair Traveler series at the Jackson Public Library, 52 Main Street, Jackson.
    Join winter residents of Jackson, Jason Roth and Cheryl Steadman Roth, on Tuesday, January 17th, at 7:00 pm to learn about their travels through the Northwest Passage. Streaming on Zoom is available by registration. Donations are welcome and benefit the Friends of the Jackson Public Library.

    For centuries the rumor of a “Northwest Passage”, a northern sea route which would allow ships to travel from Europe to Asia, lured explorers, businessmen and governments. Dozens of national and privately-funded expeditions sought to find this fabled passage during the “Age of Discovery” that began toward the end of the 15th century and extended to the mid-19th century. The totality of physical and psychological hardships endured by the sailors are difficult to comprehend by us who live with unbridled comfort, convenience and luxury. Icebound for months in total darkness with frequent snowstorms and temperatures below -30, dependent on hardtack biscuits and whatever winter game could be found, the stark, forlorn landscape remained impenetrable. Gravesites and wreckage from their unsuccessful attempts continue to serve as vivid testimony to their suffering.

    The seasonal melting of Arctic pack-ice that is the result of global warming, advanced meteorological forecasting and the evolution of commercial ships with icebreaking capabilities have recently allowed a few cruise ships to traverse the passage from Greenland to Alaska.

    Jason Roth and Cheryl Steadman-Roth were fortunate enough to experience a
    42-day journey through the Northwest Passage in August and September 2022.
    The photographic record of their time captures the barren, stark yet powerfully
    evocative landscape, the few isolated Inuit villages which struggle to maintain
    centuries of their cultural heritage while accessing modern comforts, geological
    wonders as well as highly-adaptive marine and animal life. Their photographs
    and commentary will offer a glimpse into this mythical yet very real part of the
    world.

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