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JACKSON LIBRARY
Susan Dunker-Bendigo, Director ; Meg Murphy, Children’s Librarian
Public Hours: Tuesday-11 AM – 6 PM; Wednesday- 11 AM – 2 PM (Preschool Story hour at 10 AM); Thursday- 11 AM to 8 PM; Saturday- 10 AM – 1 PM
MAY AT THE LIBRARY
From the Librarian’s Desk - I just returned from the Public Library Association conference and it was an amazing experience. The conference offered many opportunities to hear best selling authors, learn from experts and colleagues, and see the latest that libraries can offer. I can’t wait to share some of my ideas with everyone. One of the conference highlights was hearing John Wood speak about his book Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, which is in our library collection. Wood started a foundation called “Room To Read” (www.roomtoread.org) that has built 442 schools and over 5,160 libraries in poor rural communities all over the world, since its beginning in 2002. Another great benefit of the conference for me was picking up lots of new books and AREs (Advanced Reader’s Editions) for the library. ALL FREE!
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If you were around the library just before the April school vacation, you may have seen one of our children’s fire drills using our new emergency exit off the back of the building. Aside from a few splinters, all went well! We all feel a lot safer having two exits in the building now. Library volunteer Bob Kent has fixed it so splinters won’t be a problem in the future.
On April 16th , we had our Books for Babies presentations. We enjoyed introducing our little guests to the library with their mothers and grandmothers, who all were happy to take home their special books. Thanks to the Friends of the Library for donating such lovely books to the babies and to the library.
We welcome Kim Davis, a new part-time library staff member who will be working a few Saturdays a month. She’s extremely excited about working at the library and we’re thrilled with her enthusiasm and fresh ideas. Stop by some Saturday to say welcome and introduce yourself
Susan Dunker-Bendigo
Spring Cleaning at JPL, Saturday May 3rd from 9 to 11 AM - The snow is finally gone from the front of the Library so we will have our Spring Cleaning this Saturday. Volunteers are asked to bring rakes, brooms, etc. to help in sprucing up the ground and washing windows. SPECIAL NOTE: Young people who need to do a community service project ---- here is your chance! See you Saturday.
Book Sale - Saturday, May 24th and Sunday, May 25th -10AM - 3 PM, Jackson Town Hall - The Friends of the Library are again holding the very popular Memorial Weekend Book Sale at the Town Hall across from the Post Office. Everyone is welcome to come browse the tables full of adult and children’s books, DVDs and tapes. Where else can you buy a box full of books for only a few dollars? It’s one of the best buys in the valley!!!
And speaking of Memorial Day, did you know that the first documented observance was in Waterloo, New York, May 5, 1866 to honor those who fought in the Civil War?
Drop Donated Books at the “Old” Town Hall -Beginning May 1st, you can donate books by dropping them off at the entrance of the old Town Hall across from the Post Office (please, not at the Town Offices!!!.) Friends of the Library will stop by each day and move the books inside so we can get an early start on sorting and setting up the displays for the big Memorial weekend sale. Books may also be dropped off at the library but if possible, we prefer your dropping them off at the Town Hall.
Reader’s Choice - Reader’s Choice this month is featuring books by Jackson author, Lisa Gardner. Lisa’s fans will be excited to hear that her new book, Say Goodbye, is scheduled for release July 15th. If you haven’t met characters FBI agent Pierce Quincy and his partner and lover, ex-cop Rainie Connor, you are in for a real treat. Over the past few years, Lisa has generously donated copies of her books to the Jackson library. So there is still time for you to read The Perfect Husband or other books in the series, before the new release. And you can enter Lisa’s sweepstakes and win the chance to name one of your
friends or a family member as a victim in an upcoming book. Go to www.lisagardner.com to enter and for more information on all her books. The deadline is 11:59 PM ET May 30, 2008, so don’t wait to check out her website and enter. Lisa will also be doing a book signing for her paperback, Hide on May 20th for Borders Express, so check the papers for more details. For a list of Lisa’s books and other selections see Reader’s Choice http://www.jacksonvillage.net/Public_Documents/JacksonNH_Library/readers
And don’t forget to email your choices to jxnreads@hotmail.com. Some books are just too good to sit on the shelf!
Spring is Finally Here
In Crockett’s Flower Garden, author James Underwood Crockett tells us that May 1st “is the set- out date for the annuals that we have been nursing along through the spring” It’s obvious that he did not have New Hampshire weather in mind when he wrote that!!! But we can still do some things now in the garden, so get out there and start digging. If you need advice, there are numerous websites that feature plants for our zone such as the local garden club’s website www.mountaingardenclub.org . Or www.Northscaping.com from Manitoba, Canada that lists 3,300 trees, shrubs and plants for cold climates. And I think Manitoba may even be colder than New Hampshire. So, plants hardy enough for Manitoba are probably good candidates for Jackson gardens. You can also pick up a copy of Lewis Hill’s book, Cold Climate Gardening: How to Extend Your Growing Season by at Least 30 Days. (635.09 HIL) That sounds like something we could all use. And while in the library check out some of our other gardening books for inspiration.
Crockett’s Victory Garden OV 635 CRO
The New Hampshire Gardener’s Companion: by Henry Homeyer NH 635 HOM
Success With Organic Vegetables by Yvonne Cuthbertson
Four Season Harvest by Eliot Coleman
Garden Primer by Barbara Damrosch
The Complete Garden Guide OV 635 COM
Busy in the Garden E 81154 SHA
1001 Hints and Tips for Your Garden OV 635 100
The Weekend’s Gardening Manual: Easy-Care Gardens in Two Hours (or Less) A Week
By Patricia Taylor 635 TAY
Where Butterflies Grow by Joanne Ryder j 595.78 RYD
My Backyard Garden by Carol Lerner j635 LER
Teen Reading Group - Tuesday, May 20th, 4:30 PM at the Library
This month’s book is Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth. In India in the 1940s, thirteen year old Leela’s happy, spoiled childhood ends when her husband since age nine, who she barely knows, dies, leaving her a widow whose only hope of happiness could come from Mahatma Ghandi’s social and political reforms. For more details see
The Teen Reading Group meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month from 4:30 - 5:30 at the Library. If you have any questions, please call Meg at the Library, 383 - 9731.
JPL Reading Group – Tuesday, May 27th, 4:30 at the Library - Join the JPL Reading Group to discuss Run by Ann Patchett. The novel focuses on the secrets that link an Irish Catholic family of three sons headed by Bernard Doyle, Boston’s former mayor; and an African-American mother and daughter who live in a drab housing project nearby. Critics say “ The novel is carefully structured and, without being ponderous, examines the roles that race, family and the search for maternal love play in our lives.”
Children’s Programs - Preschool Story hour every Wednesday – 10 AM
Novelist Program Helps Readers with Book Choices -We are now giving demonstrations of a new tool from the NH State Library that is really fun and exciting. You can search for books, based on books you’ve already read and enjoyed - a great way for you to start reading new authors and locate the best fiction. There is also a separate database for kids called Novelist K-8 and both can be accessed from home. But first, stop in the library so Meg or Susan can give you a demo and tell you all about this exciting program.
Library Trustee News - Allen Brooks, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, would like to welcome Barbara Balfour as a new trustee and Edith Houlihan, as a new alternate trustee. The next Trustee meeting is Tuesday, May 6th, 1:30 PM at the Jackson Community Church. Library Trustee meetings are open to the public.
Other services -Free internet and wireless access; Copy machine available for public use (15 cents a copy).
Jackson Public Library Home Page - The Jackson Library Home is on jacksonvillage.net under Town Offices. Or click here for the Library Home page.
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“Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing”. Cicero
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May 2008
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