BARTLETT PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Bartlett Public Library is located at the School.
For that reason they are part of the school website. The Library also
has its own website. I have provided links to both websites below.
Both sites contain relevant information about the activities at the
Library and I will not try to duplicate their efforts here. My mission
is to provide Town information and bring everything together in one
place.
BARTLETT
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT 2007
2007 was a busy year for
Bartlett Public Library.
The circulation
for books, periodicals, videos and sound recordings for
the combined school and public library
was 17,347.
Twelve hundred sixteen
materials were added to the collections. Eight hundred
forty six were added to the Bartlett Public Library and
three hundred seventy one were added to the school
collection. Memorial books were placed in memory of
Mary Ward by
her family.
The librarian attended
four
Carroll
County
Library Cooperative meetings, a workshop in Berlin about USDA Rural Development funds and
community impact grants, and the two-day library
conference held at the Mount Washington Hotel.
In May our library
inherited a Benjamin Champney painting from Aileen Carroll, author of our two
history books. The painting is currently being cleaned
and having some restoration work done by a professional
restorer. The painting is titled
“Conway
Meadows.’~
The library sponsored six
Tuesday morning summer
story-times
using volunteer readers. Due to construction the story
times were held in the library rather that at Will’s
Park. Our library also participated in the NH State
Library’s reading incentive program program, “Reading
Across America”. Our library chose to adapt the theme by
having the children receive credits for books read to
“travel” to the 18 Bartletts
located throughout the United States.
Their journeys were charted on a U.S. map.
The library is fortunate
to have an active
Friends group. It now has close to 100 members. The
Friends sponsored two series of NH Humanities Programs,
one in the spring and another in the fall, which were
well attended. They sponsored a Magical Musical Night
in May held in the home of one of the Friends. Music was
provided by the
Mountain Aire Strings followed by wonderful hors
d’oeuvres and wine and a time to mingle among friends
with music being provided by Home Made Jam. The Friends participated in a
fundraiser at a
Flat Bread’s Tuesday Pizza Night and a fund-raiser
held at the Red
Parka Pub on Thursday nights. They also help with
the monthly library book club which meets on the second
Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm
The library participated in the valley-wide event
“One Book,
One Valley” held in the fall. This
ongoing event was sponsored by the libraries throughout
the valley with events relating to the book,
“The Old
American,” by Ernest Hebert. Bartlett Public Library
participated with our Friends sponsoring a program
presented by
Carol Foord as Molly Ockett. Molly was an
Abenaki
Indian who actually lived in this area during the period
of the book. She was a smart clever woman who maintained
connections with the French and English. She was
conversant in three language.. .Abenaki, French and
English.
In
December 2007,
Bartlett Public Library joined the
NH Downloadable Audio Books service available through the NH State
Library. This program allows Bartlett Public Library
patrons to download audio books from Overdrive Digital
Library to their computer at home. The patron then can
transfer the downloaded book to pocket PC’s, PDAs, smart
phones and MP3 players. At this time I Pods do not work
but may through future negotiations, Some audio books
can be burned to CDs This option is determined by the
audio book publishing company. In order to access this
service the Bartlett Library patron must have a
bar-coded library card available in the library. Further
how-to information is available at the library.
In December the library
was surprised with a $600.00 gift from the
Believe in Books
Literacy Foundation. This gift was presented to 27
libraries in the area. The trustees will decide how to
use this gift. There were no restrictions on its use
other than it should improve literacy.
Bartlett Public Library
is now studying ways to deal with the
ongoing space
problems. Currently the library cannot meet the
needs of the community due to space, time and parking
constrictions. This year we hired
Patience Jackson, a library building consultant, to examine our
facilities and make recommendations. A copy of her
comprehensive report is on file at the library. We are
now completing Patience Jackson’s “Library Building
Workbook.” This will help us define the spaces needed to
provide library services for all ages in today’s
changing society. We have
a site committee that is currently studying the options available to
Bartlett Public Library.
Once again the trustees
are applying for additional funds through a warrant
article to be added to the capital reserve fund
established in 2005. These funds will be used to
purchase land, hire an architect and build a library. We
will continue to visit other libraries, investigate
grant opportunities and work toward a solution that will
meet all the needs of our community. We welcome input
from community members. This is your library and we are
here to serve you.
Our library hours are as
follows:
Monday
2-8
Jean Garland, Librarian
Tuesday
2-5
Wednesday 2-8
Bartlett Library
Trustees:
Thursday
2-5
Marcia Burchstead
Saturday
11-3
Jane Duggan
Julia King
Leo Sullivan
Suzette Villaume
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BARTLETT PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT 2006
2006 was a busy year for Bartlett Public
Library. The circulation for books, periodicals, videos and sound
recordings for the combined public and school libraries was 16,443.
Eleven hundred eighty-three materials
were added. Six hundred sixteen were added to the Bartlett Public
Library’s collection and five hundred sixty-seven were added to the
school collection. One hundred eighty-seven were donations and memorial
gifts. Memorial books were placed in memory of Mary Ward and T.C. (Mary
Troy).
The librarian attended four Carroll
County Cooperative meetings, two North Country Library Tech meetings,
the spring CHILLS conference (children’s library services) in Laconia,
an all-day workshop “Defining your Building Program,” sponsored
by the Local Government Center in Concord,
NH,
and a workshop on developing library
blogs at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro. She also spent two days at the
National Public Library Association Conference in Boston.
The library conducted eight Library Book
Club meetings throughout the year. It also conducted a children’s
story-time focusing on the theme “Treasure Reading” in Will’s Park each
Tuesday morning for six weeks in the summer. Volunteers conducting these
programs were Mary Miller, Cheri Sullivan, Jane Duggan, Reed VanRossum
and Gloria Brennan. The finale, Almador’s Grand Illusion, a
pirate magic show, sponsored by a Kids, Books and the Arts grant, was
enjoyed by more than eighty children. The library also conducted a
reading incentive program centering on the same theme, Treasure Reading.
The children kept a reading log and put their names in a treasure
chest.
The Friends of the Library held four
reading discussion programs, “Rural and Small Town America,” in
the spring. These programs are co-sponsored by the New Hampshire
Humanities Council. These well-attended programs brought new patrons to
the library. In April the Friends also sponsored a Poetry Night with
Donald Graves, and in May a program by Wayne Gould, relating his
experiences with developing a program that produces Sudoku
puzzles that are published in many local, national, and international
newspapers. We are receiving requests to repeat this program. In the
fall the Friends sponsored a yard sale and held a Locals’ Night
featuring great music by the local band, Homemade Jam. This was
also well attended and enjoyed by all. This active group is certainly a
wonderful asset to our library. The Friends meet the second Friday of
the month. Applications to become a member of the Bartlett Friends of
the Library are at the library desk.
Once again the library trustees are
applying for funds through a warrant article to be added to the capital
reserve fund established in 2005 to be used to purchase
land and build a library. Space continues to be a critical issue in all
areas of the library. There is no room for expansion in its current
location. Programming is limited by space and time limitations. A quiet
place for adult patrons does not exist; and patron parking is frequently
a problem. Almost fifty years ago the library moved into the school and
has served the school and community well. The town has grown and the
school population has increased creating needs that can no longer be
met in the present location. We will continue to visit other libraries,
investigate grant opportunities, and work toward a solution to meet all
the needs of our community. We welcome input from community members.
Remember this is your library and we are here to serve you.
Our library hours are as follows:
Monday 2-8
Tuesday 2-5
Wednesday 2-8
Thursday 2-5
Saturday 11-3
Jean Garland,
Librarian
Bartlett Library Trustees:
MARCIA BURCHSTEAD
JANE DUGGAN
JULIA KING
LEO SULLIVAN
SUZETTE VILLAUME
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