Southeastern van route running late 1/27

The following message is posted on behalf of Diana DeCota of the State Library:

The Southeastern area Van Delivery Route (a.k.a. Stan's Route) will be running about 2 and a half hours later than normal today (Wed., Jan. 27, 2010). Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Brief searching outage 1/27

Wednesday, January 27: NHU-PAC searching will be disabled for a few minutes starting at 7:35 a.m. This is to allow installation of an updated index. Searching service should be restored within 10 minutes.

Van Delivery Route Cancellation

Today's North Country van delivery route is being cancelled. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Pictures, reviews restored

Thursday, January 21: After a two-week absence, enhanced content (cover images, reviews, first-chapter excerpts, tables of contents, etc.) now displays correctly when viewing individual records in the NHU-PAC.

Brief outages 1/21

Expect a couple of very brief service outages for the NHU-PAC prior to 7:55 a.m. on Thursday, January 21.

Van Delivery Bins

Often times, a van driver will need to drop off an "overflow" bin at a library while delivering materials on the van delivery route. If you receive an "overflow" bin on your delivery day, please make sure that you return it the next time the van stops at your library. These bins belong to the State Library and often are in short supply due to the volume of materials being transported. Your cooperation in the speedy return of these bins would be appreciated by all of the van drivers.

Pictures, reviews missing

Thursday, January 7: Enhanced content (cover images, reviews, first-chapter excerpts, tables of contents, etc.) which should display when viewing an individual record in the NHU-PAC is temporarily unavailable. We've contacted SirsiDynix about this problem, which last occurred in November.

Brief searching outage 1/7

Thursday, January 7: NHU-PAC searching will be disabled for a few minutes starting at 7:40 a.m. This is to allow installation of an updated index. Searching service should be restored within 10 minutes.

2010 U.S. Census

Ann Hoey asked me to share this info with everyone:

The U.S. Census Bureau has designated the NH State Library as a community partner. Community partners help to promote participation in the 2010 U.S. Census and help to inform the public about the Census collection.

As a community partner, the State Library is asking that public libraries join in the effort to promote the 2010 U.S. Census. Since Census data affect legislative representation as well as the allocation of federal funds, all public institutions have a vested interest in helping to collect accurate data for the U.S. Census. The State Library will be helping to encourage participation of NH residents in the 2010 U.S. Census by giving public libraries mouse pads with a promotional message about the U.S. Census. These mouse pads will arrive via van sometime in early January. We ask that public libraries place the mouse pads at their public access computers during February, March and April of 2010. Libraries will receive from 1-4 mouse pads depending on the size of the community they serve.

The NHSL will also be encouraging libraries to put together a promotional display about the Census. Those libraries that develop a display will be asked to send a photo of the display to Ann Hoey and will be entered into a raffle to receive a copy of Anno's Counting Book, a children's counting book that can be added to their collection.

Both promotional items--the mouse pads and the books--were purchased from NH vendors.
More information about this project will be sent in an informational letter that libraries will receive along with the mouse pads. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you for your help with this project.

Ann Hoey
Youth Services Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library
20 Park Street
Concord, NH 03301
603-271-2865
Ann.Hoey@dcr.nh.gov
http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/youth_services.html