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Hall
Memorial Library 201218
Park Street,
Northfield,
NH 03276
www.hallmemoriallibrary.org
(603) 286-8971
www.hallmemoriallibrary.org
(603) 286-8971
Serving
the towns of Tilton and Northfield since October 6, 1887
Trustees: Leif
Martinson, Northfield, Chair, lifetime appointee
Eliza
Conde, Northfield, Treasurer, lifetime appointee , until December
2012 Nell Grant, Tilton, lifetime appointee
Christine
D’Amore, Tilton, elected through 2013
Tom
Fulweiler, Northfield, Secretary, elected through 2013
Staff: Jennifer
Moulton, Director
Kelly
Finemore, Children's Services
Brittany
Moore, Young Adult and Cataloging Services
Maggie
McCall, Programming, Publicity and Inter-library Loan
Jessie
Ahlgren, Children's Services and Circulation
Nancy
Court, Circulation
Morris
Boudreau, Maintenance
Mary
Ahlgren, until September 2012
Coral
Theberge, until November 2012
Megan
Yandian and Amber Groz, Library Pages
Volunteers
included Nell Grant, Ginny Timmons, Susan Nadeau, Beverly Green,
Cheryl Geiger, Josie Nichols, Don MacDonald, Jeff Tracy, Ralph Nash,
Tyrone Hutchins, John Pelletier, Jonathan Ledoux, David Craig, Rita
Stone, Cheyenne Patterson, Madeline Hastie, Cam Lewis, Kevin
Archibald, Sandra Gibbons, Alicia Gilbert, Janet King, Peggy Graham,
Renee Boudreau, Glenn Jette, Bradley Long, Jesse Moore, Clark
Roberts, the Daisy Scouts, groups of students and faculty from Tilton
School and many others who assist in significant ways. Volunteers
help keep our plants alive, take books to our homebound patrons,
sponsor programs, work on bulletin boards, recycle, and assist with
story time. In 2012 volunteers contributed at least 204 hours to the
library! Hall Memorial would not be where it is without the
dedication and assistance of its volunteers!
Donations
were
given by John and Claire Tremblay, Lucinda Hope, Donna Burbank, Glenn
Jette, Jeff Milroy, Richard Hartman, Catherine Barrows, Bill Bayley,
Chuck and Kathleen Mitchell, the Daisy Scouts, Tanger Outlets,
Wal-Mart, Hannaford, Pizza Hut, and Market Basket, along with two
donations made in Edna Southwick's memory. We were also blessed to
have a large screen TV donated by an anonymous benefactor! Many
others gave items to add to our collection or booksale; 661 of those
items were added to our permanent collection. We were pleased to use
Dan Clark's generous donation of his house, to have the building
cleaned and re-pointed, a long awaited and much needed renovation,
resulting in a startling difference. Come in to see our before and
after pictures of the library!
The
library produced 377 programs this year and at least 7,203 people of
all ages participated in one or more of them. Our summer reading
program was a huge success, with a theme of "Dream Big Read."
Together, 210 children read over 6,888 books! The Library's ongoing
programs include weekly programs with young adult crafts, the Knit
Wits, children's crafts, chess club for all ages, two story times
with a craft, Spanish Club, outreach to daycare centers, the Clever
Crafters for adults; and monthly art displays, two book clubs and we
now serve coffee. Joining these standing programs are many
interesting presentations and activities offered throughout the year
for all age ranges, so keep a lookout for our schedule of programming
in the local newspapers, online, in our newsletter and of course, at
the library itself.
Hall
Memorial circulated over 62,184 items this year. Our computers were
used more than 8,000 times with over 1,800 wi-fi connections.
Monthly, the library averages 2,408 active patrons, who come in and
check out a book, DVD, large print item, audio book, young adult or
children's item, museum passes, VHS Tapes or magazines.
Web-based
offerings include EBSCO database, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and
Mango Foreign Language classes at www.hallmemoriallibrary.org. The
library offers 6,322 Audiobooks and 5,602 eBooks through NH
Downloadables. Patrons can access these items by going to
http://nh.lib.overdrive.com. The "Library Card Number" is
4608 + the patron's barcode number, which is found on their library
card. In 2012, we circulated 2113 items through this service.
Our
biggest news of the year was that Mary Ahlgren, Library Director for
14 wonderful years, retired in September. A party was held, and
farewells given as Mary stepped away from a building and collection
she had molded and shaped to form a fantastic, modern,
community-oriented library. Jennifer Moulton has stepped in Mary's
rather large shoes and hopes to continue to serve the communities of
Tilton and Northfield for many years to come.
Hall
Memorial is books and so much more! Libraries are the heart of every
community and we invite you to come down, try out a program, check
out a book, read our newspapers, meet our friendly staff and help us
make this place rock!
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