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Meeting Minutes YALS Meeting Rodgers Memorial Library
Rye Public Library
IN ATTENDANCE:
GENERAL
Discussions have taken place about hosting a joint spring conference with NHLA and NHEMA again. NHEMA is open to the idea, while NHLA has been very successful as a separate entity. Cons: as a joint venture there are only three centers that can host– Nashua, Manchester and Bretton Woods; school librarians meet in the afternoons – not conducive to public librarians. Please send along your comments, pro or con, to Jenn. Feedback is needed.
YALS elections will be held at the October meeting. Though the following members have agreed to positions, feel free to nominate your choice then. President: Lisa Houde (Rye), Vice President: Amy Friedman (Rodgers Memorial), Treasurer: Alex Estabrook (Merrimac), Secretary: Denise Schaaf (Goffstown).
The NHLA Conference Committee is looking for a YALS representatives for the Spring Conference Program Committee. Mark your calendars, the conference will be held in Attitash on Tuesday, May 11 and Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Kathy Watson of the Kimball Library has accepted the position. Let’s help them with programming ideas for the conference keeping in mind that guest speakers need to be cheap, or better yet, free! Amy Friedman has offered to organize a teen program fair. Lisa Houde (Rye) will speak about Flume nominations, hoping Amy Inglis (Barrington) will handle the Isinglass nominations. Bobbi Slossar, the Technology Resource Librarian from the State Library, will be asked to speak. Bill Tatro from Laconia was also suggested as a speaker for getting-boys-to-read programs.
Feedback on the spring conference this year was split into both days. Day one didn’t offer up a lot of excitement, however day two was wonderful.
The statewide summer reading program is a go for next year! All libraries that signed up will receive three manuals and a dvd . There will be separate manual for childrens, teens, and adults. The dvd will include downloadable clipart, forms, posters, etc. All manuals should be ready for Ann Hoey to bring to the CHILIS Fall Conference. Manuals not picked up then will be brought to the NHLA fall conference or shipped on the van. All libraries should be in receipt of the materials by November. Here are the themes: Childrens – Make a Splash @ Your Library, Teens – Make Waves @ Your Library; Adults – Water Your Mind.
UPCOMING CONFERENCES NELA Sunday, October 18 through Tuesday, October 20 READS Friday, October 23 in Nashua “No Money, No Problem. Marketing Your Library on a Shoestring” NHLA Thursday, November 5 Fall business meeting, no location as yet CHILIS Thursday, October 15 at the Fireside Inn in Lebanon Anita Silvey, speaker
LIBRARY SERVICE CHANGES Pending contract signing, the State Library will be closed an additional six days a year. Hampton Falls Free Library has closed on Mondays but expanded hours on other days. As of January, Goffstown will close on Monday evenings.
SUMMER READING RECAP Most libraries had successful summer programs. Atkinson, as well as Greenland, noticed an increase in reading. Atkinson had great success with a card scavenger game which Kathy will distribute the name of to those interested. Hudson had a program with a 15-year old magician that produced a record turnout. Exeter, Dunbarton, Manchester City and Nashua all had a great summer! Rye had sixty-four children attend the lego program! Hampton was successful with board games, especially Boggle. Performers/Speakers mentioned were Wayne from Maine (expensive), Merritt Bennett, Ian Jones, and Martha Dana (fabulous).
We all seem to share the “no-show” problem with patrons not attending programs that they have registered for. Dunbarton charges for some programs; Hampton Falls charges a nominal fee for programs with expensive materials (beading); and, after two no-shows, Atkinson puts those patrons on a wait list when they sign up for another program.
Respectfully Submitted, Denise E. Schaaf Library Asst., Youth Services The Goffstown Public Library
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