September 17, 2026

SE-A route truncated Thu 9/17

We’ve had to shorten today’s SE-A ILL van route [Thursday, Sept. 17] due to driver availability. The libraries on this route that WILL be getting ILL bin delivery are as follows:

Stratham
Hampton
Seabrook
Exeter

Thank you for your understanding.

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

No SE-B van Thu 9/17

Today’s SE-B van route [Thursday, Sept. 17] is cancelled. Affected libraries are as follows:

Auburn
Windham
Pelham
Salem
Derry
Londonderry
Hudson
Nashua
Milford
Amherst
Merrimack
Bedford
Manchester

Thanks once again for your understanding.

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

September 16, 2026

No SE van Wed 9/16

Today’s SE van route [Wednesday, Sept. 16] has been cancelled. The affected libraries are as follows:

Northwood
Center Strafford
Barrington
Rochester
Somersworth
Dover
Madbury
Lee
Durham
Portsmouth
New Castle
Rye
North Hampton

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

2025 library statistics are LIVE!

The 2025 Public Library Survey statistics have been posted to the NHSL website! You can find them on this page (scroll down about halfway):

https://www.nhsl.dncr.nh.gov/librarians-library-staff/library-statistics

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Sincerely,
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

 

September 15, 2026

Brief ILL outage Tue 9/15 10pm

The NHAIS ILL System will be offline briefly starting at 10 o'clock tonight (Tuesday, Sept. 15). Software will be updated but no user-facing functions will change.

No SE-C van Tue 9/15

Today’s SE-C ILL Van Route [Tuesday, Sept. 15] is cancelled. The affected libraries are as follows:

Deerfield
Nottingham
Epping
Newmarket
Stratham
Greenland
Hampton 
Hampton Falls
Seabrook
Kensington
East Kingston
Exeter

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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

September 9, 2026

Squeezed-together titles now unsqueezed

The issue with squeezed-together titles appearing in the "type-ahead" suggestions when entering search terms in the NHAIS ILL System last week has been fixed.


 

September 3, 2026

MARCit webinar Thu 9/17 10am

 

This summer NHAIS introduced a new source of free MARC records for catalogers. Details on how to find and download records in MARCit can be found in a July 1 NHAIS Notes post. This month we're offering a live webinar showing MARCit in action and allowing you to ask questions about this cataloging resource. Debbie Hensler from Auto-Graphics will be hosting the session on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 10 a.m. This session is free, but you will need to register to get the Zoom link.

SW Combination Route tomorrow (Fri 9/4)

Due to ongoing staffing shortages, today’s SW route and tomorrow’s SW-A route have been combined, modified, and shortened into one Friday route. 
 
The libraries on these routes who WILL RECEIVE deliveries tomorrow, Friday, September 4, are as follows:
 
New London  
Newport  
Washington  
Charlestown  
Keene  
Marlborough  
Dublin  
Mont Vernon  
Weare
 
We can’t add additional stops. Thank you for your understanding. 
 
Sincerely,
Jennifer M. Finch (she/her)
Reference Librarian and State Data Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library