JUNE 29 and JUNE 30 - ILL van information

Happy Monday!  Here are some reminders about today and tomorrow’s ILL Van Delivery Doings:

•    A Capital Route make up run is happening today.
•    There is NO SE-B route today.  Affected libraries: Salem, Derry, Nashua, Milford, Amherst, Merrimack, Bedford, Manchester
•    There is NO NC route today.  Affected libraries: Conway, Madison, Chocorua, Tamworth, Center Sandwich, Plymouth, Campton, Thornton, Lincoln, N. Woodstock, Franconia, Bethlehem
•    A North Country Hub Route is running tomorrow! (Tuesday, June 30).
o    HUB LIBRARIES: Northumberland, Colebrook, Lancaster, and Lincoln. 
o    Drop your bins off at any of those hub libraries to simply return your ILL materials.  
o    IF YOU ALSO WANT TO PICK UP YOUR REQUESTED ILL MATERIALS, please tell us at which hub library to leave your bin by 3:00 pm TODAY, June 29.

Any questions or comments, send them my way!


Jennifer M. Finch (she/her)
Supervisor, Reference & Information Services and State Data Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library

Van plans 6/29-7/3

We are continuing to work out alternate plans for ILL deliveries across the state during our driver shortage.  Below is a list of the changes for next week, June 29 through July 3. Any routes not specifically listed should proceed as usual -- barring any unexpected illnesses, abduction by aliens, or winning of the lottery. 

THE UPCOMING ILL VANS DELIVERY PLANS 

JUNE 29 (Monday)
Capital Route make-up run
SE-B route cancelled (medical)
NC (North Country) route cancelled (medical)

JUNE 30 (Tuesday)
NC regular route cancelled. Instead, an NC Hub Route will run.   Hub libraries: Northumberland, Colebrook, Lancaster (Weeks Memorial), and Lincoln.  ** Please notify us if you wish to pick up your ILL items from a hub, and which one. 😊 Thanks! [in a change to the original plan, Whitefield will not be a hub for Tuesday]]

JULY 1 (Wednesday)
Normal day! The full NC Wednesday route will run with a substitute driver.

JULY 2 (Thursday)
Normal day.

JULY 3 (Friday)
Holiday - INDEPENDENCE DAY OBSERVED. NHSL closed, no ILL van routes running.

Questions? Problems? Paradoxes? Please let us know. We are but fallible humans, after all.  

Jennifer M. Finch (she/her)
Supervisor, Reference & Information Services and State Data Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library
N.H. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
20 Park St.
Concord, NH 03301
Office: 603-271-2060
Ref Desk: 603-271-2144
Jennifer.M.Finch@dncr.nh.gov
 

NC Hub ILL Delivery Route planned - Friday, 6/26

As you are aware, due to driver illness we have had to cancel and modify our North Country routes. We are planning a make-up NC route for Friday, June 26th but due to staff shortages it will operate a little differently than usual. 

We have selected three centrally located libraries to serve as drop points, or “hubs”. If you would like to drop off your materials at one of these hub libraries by the end of the day today, we will pick them up.  (see list below)

Additionally, if you would like to pick up your materials at one of these hub libraries, please let us know NO LATER THAN 4:00 PM TODAY (THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH). This is so that we can plan to bring your items and leave them at the hub library. Let us know which library you are using as a hub, and you will be able to pick up your materials after we’ve dropped them off.

We are aware of the short notice of this message and appreciate your flexibility. 

The libraries that have agreed to serve as hubs are: 

•  Moosilauke Public Library -- 165 Lost River Road, North Woodstock, NH 03262
o    Monday     9:00am to 7:00pm
o    Tuesday    10:00am to 2:00pm
o    Thursday   9:00am to 7:00pm
o    Friday     9:00am to 5:00pm
o    Saturday   9:00am to 5:00pm

•  Conway Public Library -- 15 Greenwood Ave, Conway, NH 03818-2100
o    Mon - Thu - 9am-8pm
o    Fri – 10:30am-5pm
o    Sat - 9am-1pm
o    Sun - Closed

•  White Mountains Community College Fortier Library -- 2020 Riverside Drive, Berlin, NH 03570
o    Monday- Friday 8am- 3:30pm
o    NOTE: The Fortier Library is at the far end of a hall. They have a cart you can borrow to get your bin(s) to the library more easily, but you’ll need to either call them to let them know you are coming or go into the library first to get it. The library’s phone number is 603-342-3087.

You may drop off/pick up your materials at one of these libraries during their open hours. 

Thank you for your understanding,
Jennifer M. Finch (she/her)
Reference Librarian and State Data Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library

Adjusted Van Routes - SW and SW-A for Friday 6/26

We are still limping along with ILL van driver shortages, so… today’s SW route is cancelled. However, today’s SW and tomorrow’s SW-A routes have been combined, modified, and shortened into one Friday route. 

The libraries on these routes who WILL RECEIVE deliveries Friday, June 26 are as follows:

New London  
Newport  
Washington  
Charlestown  
Keene  
Marlborough  
Dublin  
Mont Vernon  
Weare

Thank you once again for bearing with us,
Jennifer M. Finch (she/her)
Reference Librarian and State Data Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library

No CD Van Thurs, 6/25

Today’s Capital route is cancelled due to illness. Affected libraries are: 

Hopkinton
Boscawen
Canterbury
Loudon
Chichester
Epsom
Pembroke
Allenstown
Hooksett
Bow
Dunbarton

If you would like, you are most welcome to come to the State Library to drop off and pick up your ILL bins/materials. There is an ADA-compliant entrance on the right side of the library building when looking at the front steps. Please call the Circ Desk at 603-271-2616 if you plan to do this.

Thank you for your patience and understanding,
Jennifer M. Finch (she/her)
Reference Librarian and State Data Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library

 

no NC van Wed 6/24

Ongoing illness means the North Country (NC) route is cancelled today, (Wednesday) June 24, 2026.

We will run a modified NC route TOMORROW (Thursday). The following libraries will receive ILL delivery tomorrow:

Rumney
Wentworth
Warren
Orford
Piermont
Haverhill
Monroe
Bath
Lisbon
Littleton
Bethlehem

Thanks all,
Jennifer M. Finch (she/her)
Reference Librarian and State Data Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library

Brief ILL outage Tue 6/23 10pm

The NHAIS ILL System will be offline briefly starting at 10 o'clock tonight (Tuesday, June 23). Software will be updated but users won't see any changes in the ILL program.

ILL System Contract Approved

At the Governor & Council meeting on June 17, 2026 our request for a three-year extension to our contract with Auto-Graphics for the NHAIS ILL System was approved. If you want to see all the details it was item #065 on the regular agenda. This extended contract takes us through to June 30, 2029.

In 2028 we will begin the process of issuing an RFP for the next iteration of NHAIS Interlibrary Loan.  

NC van makeup route Mon 6/22

As you are aware, due to driver illness we have had to cancel this week’s North Country routes. We are planning a make-up NC route for Monday, June 22nd but due to staff shortages it will operate a little differently than usual. 

We have selected three centrally located libraries to serve as drop points. If you would like to drop off your materials at one of these hub libraries before Monday, we will pick them up. 

Additionally, if you would like to pick up your materials at one of these hub libraries, please let us know NO LATER THAN 2:00 PM TOMORROW (FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH). This is so that we can plan to bring your items and leave them at the hub library. Let us know which library you are using as a hub, and you will be able to pick up your materials after we’ve dropped them off. 

The libraries that have agreed to serve as hubs are: 

Colebrook  -- 126 Main St. Colebrook, NH
Monday        10:00-5:00
Tuesday        10:00-1:00
Wednesday   10:00-5:00
Thursday      1:00-5:00
Friday            10:00-5:00
Saturday       9:00-12:00

Lancaster  Weeks Memorial Library,  --  128 Main Street Lancaster, NH
Monday, Wednesday     1:00-4:30pm & 7-9pm
Tuesday, Thursday       9:00am - 4:30pm
Saturday       10:00am – Noon
*With advance notice the library director can be available to meet librarians. Contact Barbara Robarts 603-631-6419

Lincoln  --  22 Church St Lincoln, NH
Monday - Friday: 10 to 8
Saturday: 10 to 2
Sunday: closed

You may drop off/pick up your materials at one of these libraries during their open hours. 

Thank you for your flexibility,
Jennifer M. Finch (she/her)
Reference Librarian and State Data Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library