The NHAIS ILL System will be offline briefly starting at 10 o'clock tonight (Thursday, July 9) to allow installation of program updates.

With tonight's update, locations listed in the Where To Find It area will once again be sorted by town/library name rather than HSA code. 

On the request form, some lines (including ISBN and ISSN) have 3 fields and these fields are blank if the source record has no relevant information. These fields will now show placeholder text, illustrating the expected input for more intuitive entry by users.

   

 The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has launched public access to more than 1.2 million newly available records of historic U.S. Government publications, making it easier than ever to find documents published between 1895 and 1976. The records are now live in the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) and are available to the public at no cost. This launch improves search and discovery and opens the door to decades of Government publications that were previously difficult to locate online.

“Making these 1.2 million records available is an investment in the future of public access to Government information,” said GPO Superintendent of Documents Scott Matheson. “Researchers, students, librarians, and the public can now more easily find and use historic Government publications, and we look forward to seeing how the library community puts these records to work.”

Historic highlights from this launch include:
1.    Hearings on the causes of the Titanic disaster, 1912
2.    “Plant a Victory Garden, Our Food is Fighting” World War II poster urging Americans to grow their own food to support the war effort, 1943
3.    Hearings on the Apollo 13 accident, 1970
 

The new records come from the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, often called “MoCat.” They were converted from the print catalogs to a searchable form and freely licensed to the public by Proquest, part of Clarivate. For many years, MoCat served as the official list of publications produced by GPO. Published from 1895 through 2004, it helped libraries and the public track Government publications. After MoCat ended, the CGP became the primary tool for finding Government publications. While newer publications have long been searchable online, many older publications had limited or no digital records.

   

Due to staffing shortages today’s SW-B and tomorrow’s SE-A van routes are cancelled. The affected libraries are: 

Wednesday SW-B
•    Nelson
•    Alstead
•    Westmoreland
•    Chesterfield
•    Winchester
•    Richmond
•    Fitzwilliam
•    Rindge
•    Jaffrey
•    Hancock

Thursday SE-A
•    Nottingham 
•    Stratham
•    Greenland
•    Hampton
•    Seabrook
•    Exeter
•    Brentwood
•    Fremont
•    Kingston
•    East Kingston
•    Atkinson
•    Hampstead

Thank you, 

Circulation
N.H. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
New Hampshire State Library
20 Park Street
Concord, New Hampshire 03301
603-271-2616
nhslill@dncr.nh.gov
dncr.nh.gov

   

There will be no Capitol District route this week. Starting 7/13, and until further notice, the Capitol District route libraries will receive delivery on Mondays until further notice. If you would like to come to the State Library to pick up your bin, we are open Monday-Friday from 8 AM to 4 PM. You can call 603-271-2616 if you would like to give us a heads up that you’re on the way, but it’s not required.

Also, until further notice, we will be running two North Country “hub-style” make up routes. Please see below for the details on those routes, and thank you to the libraries that have agreed to be pick-up/drop-off locations. 

North Country Hub Route #1- Thursdays

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 email  nhslill@dncr.nh.gov to tell us which hub library to leave your bin by 2:00 pm July 8. Moving forward, we will plan on dropping off your bin at the hub library “of record” until we hear otherwise. 

Colebrook 126 Main Street, Colebrook, NH 
o    Monday, Wednesday, Friday- 10 AM to 1 PM
o    Tuesday 10 AM to 1 PM
o    Thursday 1 PM to 5PM
o    Saturday 9 to 12

Lancaster- Weeks Memorial Library 128 Main Street, Lancaster, NH
o    Monday: 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM & 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
o    Tuesday: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
o    Wednesday: 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM & 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
o    Thursday: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
o    Friday: 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM
o    Saturday: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
o    Sunday: Closed

Whitefield- 8 Lancaster Road, Whitefield, NH
o    Monday 9:00 - 12:00 pm
o    Tuesday  10:00 am – 06:00 pm
o    Wednesday 09:00 am – 04:00 pm
o    Thursday 10:00 am – 06:00 pm
o    Friday 10:00 am – 01:00 pm
o    Saturday 9:00 am – 01:00 pm
o    Sunday Closed

Bethlehem- 2245 Main Street, Bethlehem, NH
o    Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM
o    Tuesday, 10 AM to 4 PM 
o    Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM
o    Saturday 9 AM to 1 PM
o    Sunday- Closed
Note: Laura Clerkin has kindly said that if a library needs to drop off outside of open hours, libraries may contact her directly at lclerkin@bethlehemnhlibrary.gov to make arrangements. 

Lincoln
o    Monday - Friday: 10 AM to 8 PM 
o    Saturday: 10 AM to 2 PM 
o    Sunday: closed 

Plymouth 1 Russell Street, Plymouth, NH 
o    Monday-Wednesday 10 AM to 8 PM
o    Thursday and Friday 10 AM to 5 PM
o    Saturday 10 AM to 2PM
o    Sunday- Closed

North Country Hub Route #2- Friday

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 email nhslill@dncr.nh.gov to tell us which hub library to tell us at which hub library to leave your bin by July 9 at 2:00 pm.

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 *delayed opening the last Friday of every month (10:30am)
o    Sat - 9am-1pm
o    Sun - Closed

White Mountains Community College Fortier Library -- 2020 Riverside Drive, Berlin, NH 03570
o    Monday- Friday 8 AM- 3:30 PM
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.

Littleton Public Library – 92 Main Street, Littleton, NH 03561
•    Monday- Closed
•    Tuesday- 9:30 AM- 7PM
•    Wednesday- 9:30 AM- 7PM
•    Thursday- 9:30 AM- 5PM
•    Friday- 9:30 AM – 5PM
•    Saturday- 9:30 – 2 PM

We appreciate your patience, welcome your feedback and will continue to tweak the plan according with the new information we gather. 

Mindy Atwood
Administrator of Library Operations :: Assistant State Librarian
New Hampshire State Library 
N.H. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
20 Park Street :: Concord, NH  03301
603-271-2393 (w) :: 603-573-6402 (m)
mindy.atwood@dncr.nh.gov
nhsl.dncr.nh.gov

   

It appears the team of three who is juggling the duties of the ILL van coordinator may have dropped the ball regarding notification of the cancelation of today’s North Country route [Monday, July 6]. Please accept my apologies for the inconvenience. The affected libraries are:

Conway
Madison
Chocorua
Tamworth
Center Sandwich
Plymouth
Campton
Thornton
Lincoln
North Woodstock
Franconia
Bethlehem

We are facing another week without a driver for the North Country routes and 1/3 of the “ILL Vanguard” as we’ve taken to calling ourselves, is on vacation. We are also without our substitute van driver. I will drive some kind of make-up route on Thursday. Details will be forthcoming. 

Thank you for your continued patience,
Mindy Atwood
Administrator of Library Operations :: Assistant State Librarian
New Hampshire State Library