Kids, Books and the Arts Grants

According to Ann Hoey, Youth Services Coordinator, New Hampshire State Library:

The State Library is accepting applications for Kids, Books and the Arts grants until Friday, March 29th at 4:00 pm.  These grants are awarded to libraries to help them bring one of the 2013 Kids, Books and the Arts presenters to their communities during the summer reading program.  The presenters will perform in a showcase at the CHILIS Spring Conference on March 7th at SNHU in Manchester.
Kids, Books and the Arts applications and more information can be found by visiting http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/kids_books.html

Van Delivery News - Route Cancellations

Due to the impending bad weather forecast the following routes are NOT running today (Wednesday, February 27, 2013):

Capital Region

Lakes Region

Southeastern Region

Southwestern Region

The North Country route has gone out today.  I will send out another message if the driver decides to cut her route short.

Stay safe out there....

2012 Public Library Annual Report Now Open

According to Janet Eklund, Administrator of Library Operations, New Hampshire State Library:

The Public Library Annual Report for the year 2012 is now open. The online survey URL is: http://collect.btol.com/ The deadline for submission is April 26, 2013.

Your USERNAMES and PASSWORDS are the same as in past years. If you do not know your login information, I can provide it to you.

If you need definitions to questions, click on the BLUE underlined question number in the survey for instructions. Please remember that EVERY response area must have data or you will not be able to submit your report.

Since the report is a state requirement for public libraries, I am happy to help you complete your report, so don't hesitate to contact me with questions. If this is your first year submitting the report, please call me (603-271-2393) so I can explain the process to you.

Thank you in advance for your timely submissions.

NHU-PAC outage Tues 2/26 7:35am

The NHU-PAC will be offline for about 10 minutes starting around 7:35 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 26.  Allow an extra 5 minutes for Holdings Maintenance service to be restored.  Also, there will be a brief (probably less than a minute) interruption of ILL service at 10 a.m.  This is all part of our last-Tuesday-of-the-month maintenance routine.

no NC van Friday 2/22

Hello folks,

We are cancelling the North Country van route this Friday (Feb. 22) due to a malfunctioning heater in the van. I hope (although I’m not totally confident) to have the van back on the road for the Monday route. Below are the libraries that will not receive van delivery tomorrow:

Lincoln
North Woodstock
Thornton
Center Sandwich
Tamworth
Chocorua
Conway
North Conway
Bethlehem
Littleton

Donna Gilbreth

Supervisor, Reference and Information Services

New Hampshire State Library

20 Park Street

Concord, NH 03301

603-271-2060

donna.gilbreth@dcr.nh.gov

NHU-PAC connectivity followup

Thursday, Feb. 21, 1 p.m.: Most locations which reported a problem connecting to the NHU-PAC earlier today are now able to connect.  If you're still having a problem, check if you're using a shortcut that points to http://www.nhu-pac.library.state.nh.us.  If so, change it to http://nhu-pac.nh.gov and see how that works.  If you're still having a problem, please contact the NHAIS Help Desk by e-mail or at 271-2141.

NHU-PAC connectivity followup

Thursday, Feb. 21, 11:35 a.m.: This might be worth a try...if you're having trouble reaching the NHU-PAC, try typing nhu-pac.nh.gov into the address area of your browser.  If that doesn't work, try 199.192.6.130.

NHU-PAC connectivity problem

Thursday, Feb. 21, 11:20 a.m.: The state is having some networking issues which have made the NHU-PAC inaccessible for many users in the past half hour.

NHU-PAC e-mail issue

Monday, Jan. 11: There's some progress to report with the NHU-PAC e-mail issue last noted here a month ago.  Plain text messages sent when viewing individual records now work correctly.

There's still a problem with HTML messages sent when viewing individual records: they just don't get through.  SirsiDynix is working on this.  No problems have been noted when sending e-mails from My List or from a page with multiple search results.

LR van route truncated Mon 2/11

Due to the deteriorating weather conditions, the Lakes Region van route for today (Monday) has cancelled the remainder of the van run. The libraries listed below will not be receiving a van delivery today. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
Holderness
Meredith
Moultonboro
Ossipee
Effingham
Wolfeboro
Gilford
Laconia
Concord PL

Donna Gilbreth
Reference and Information Services Supervisor
New Hampshire State Library
20 Park St.
Concord, NH 03301
603-271-2060
donna.gilbreth@dcr.nh.gov

NHSL vans are running Fri 2/8

All van routes are running today (with the exception of the Lakes Region, which is still cancelled due to lack of a vehicle). They may or may not remain on schedule, and may or may not complete their routes! I'll keep you posted if changes occur (assuming any of you are open!).
This is the Friday schedule: http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/van_delivery/friday.html
Donna Gilbreth
Reference and Information Services Supervisor
New Hampshire State Library
20 Park St.
Concord, NH 03301
603-271-2060
donna.gilbreth@dcr.nh.gov

NHAIS by the Numbers 2012

Statistics for NHAIS Activity during 2012 have been posted on the NHSL website. The spreadsheet includes all libraries registered with NHAIS Services, whether they participate in ILL or not. Besides interlibrary loan transaction information, the number of items listed in NHU-PAC as held by each library is also inlcuded.

During 2012 there were several libraries who had a net loss in holdings. Each NHAIS library is responsible for deleting the NHU-PAC holding for any material they remove from their collection. Mass weeding projects can result in a loss of holdings during a calendar year and holdings clean-up projects can also cause this.

During 2012 there were 156,769 items added to NHU-PAC by NHAIS libraries and 110,502 loans filled through the system (9,200 per month, approximately) by the 287 libraries currently participating in NHAIS ILL.

During 2012 the top lenders in the system based on number of loans filled were:

Library	# Loans Filled
Rochester - Rochester Public	2427
Hampton - Lane Memorial	2061
Keene - Keene Public	2049
Nashua - Nashua Public	2048
Barrington - Barrington Public	2028
Lancaster - W D Weeks Memorial	2025
Concord - Concord Public	1907
Dover - Dover Public	1823
Londonderry - Leach	1687
Manchester - Manchester City	1670

2010 Public Libraries in the United States Survey Released

According to Janet Eklund, Administrator of Library Operations, New Hampshire State Library:

IMLS recently released the 2010 Public Libraries in the United States Survey (http://goo.gl/RErnU), an analysis of the most comprehensive annual data collection of U.S. public library statistics. Nationally, public libraries have seen reductions in operating revenue, service hours, and staffing. Numbers for circulation, program attendance, and computer use continue to trend upward.This is the first federal statistical report on public libraries to go beyond a national level analysis to report on trends at the local, regional, and state levels. The report identifies indicators in three areas: services and operations, resources, and workforce. To provide a more complete picture of library service in the U.S., the report provides a snapshot for each state (http://goo.gl/RErnU), describing characteristics of library service. New Hampshire's summary page is available here: http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/PLS_FY2010_SP_NewHampshire.pdf The data submitted in the Public Library Annual Report is used in producing this publication.

February 2013 Holiday - President's Day

The New Hampshire State Library will be closed on Monday, February 18, 2013 for President's Day.

There will be NO VAN DELIVERY on that date.

For a complete list of all of the holidays the State Library is closed, please visit http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/van_delivery/instructions.html (the van delivery instructions) and scroll down to "NO Van Service".

If for any other reason (e.g. bad weather) van service on a particular route(s) does not operate, libraries will be notified via an e-mail message and this blog. If your library does not receive van service on a particular day, please check your e-mail and this blog before calling the State Library.

Please remember to properly label each item which you are sending via the Van Delivery Service. This will help ensure these items make it to the correct destination in a timely manner.

If you need a refresher on how items should be marked for the van, please refer to the Van Delivery Service - Instructions,http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/van_delivery/instructions.html, and scroll down to number 3 of the guidelines, "Addressing material to be sent on the van".

To print a current van directory list arranged in alphabetical order by library, please use the PDF version which is available athttp://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/van_delivery/documents/vandirectory.pdf
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print this pdf file. If you do not have it installed on your machine, you may down load it for free fromhttp://www.adobe.co.uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Due to the ever increasing load of materials transported by the New Hampshire State Library van delivery system, our vans can reach maximum capacity before the end of a van route, especially following long weekends and holidays. Our drivers can decline to accept materials if they feel they cannot fit them safely on their van. We are also asking libraries to please be aware of volume during times when there is likely to be a problem. You should prioritize your materials to be picked up, in case some items must be left until the next van pick up. That will allow us to immediately transport the most important items as quickly as possible.

If you have any questions you may contact Donna Gilbreth at 271-2060 or Diana DeCota at 271-2206.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Brief NHU-PAC searching outage Fri 2/1 am

There will be a brief interruption of NHU-PAC searching starting at 7:40 this morning (Friday, Feb. 1).  This is to install updated search indexes.  Searching service should be restored within 5 minutes.