Goffstown Public Library's
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
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Library Hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday, Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm
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Connect with Your Library
Join, visit or advocate for the Goffstown Public Library!
The theme for National Library Week 2022, “Connect with Your Library,” promotes the idea that libraries are places to get connected to technology by using broadband, computers, and other resources. Libraries also offer opportunities to connect with media, programs, ideas, and classes—in addition to books. Most importantly libraries also connect communities to each other.
During April 3-9:
- Stop by the Children's Room to browse & borrow from the display of library-related picture books.
- Visit the National Library Week displays for activities for all ages, and on Wednesday 4/6 from 4-6pm & Friday 4/8 from 4-5pm pick up some popcorn 🍿.
- Chat with one of our Adult Services staff and give them three words that interest you — then see what they select for you from your library's collections!
- See what else we have planned at the GPL on the calendar.
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April Calendar Highlights |
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April is National Poetry Month
Celebrate by taking home a Blackout Poetry Kit and flex your creative muscles — transform the words on a supplied page of text into a poem of your own design — all you'll need is a black marker! If you return your poem to the Library before the end of April, it will be included in a special display.
Stop by the second floor to pick up your kit or see the display.
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Spring Story Times
Preschool - Children 2 1/2 years old through kindergarten are invited to enjoy stories, crafts & activities. Registration required for one of the following times:
- Tuesdays at 9:30am or,
- Friday at 9:30am or 1pm
Saturdays at 9:30am - Families are invited to drop in to enjoy stories and activities together, no registration required.
Movers and Groovers - Children 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years old and their parents or caregivers are invited to enjoy a lively mix of stories, games, songs & movement activities on Thursdays at 9:30am. Registration required.
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Silent Book Club for Grades 5-12
Wednesday, April 6 at 5-6:30pm
Saturday, April 9 at 11-12:30pm
Meet and read together as a group, but silently. Grab a book off the shelf (or bring your own), nestle into a comfortable spot in the teen area (bean bags provided), and silently lose yourself in the story. For the last 30 minutes, stay to chat about what you are reading and share reading recommendations. Snacks and beverages provided.
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What Matters Most: Lessons for Living, Loving and Letting Go
Tuesday, April 12 at 6:30pm
Join long-time hospice nurse, Ellie Atherton, for heartwarming and sometimes humorous stories of what she’s learned over two decades of caring for the dying. You can attend in person or virtually.
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Strange Terrain: How Not To Get Poetry and Let It Get You Instead
Tuesday, April 19 at 6:30pm
Alice Fogel, former New Hampshire Poet Laureate, takes you through seven simple steps, and one hard one, toward understanding and appreciating more elements of poetry than you ever thought you could. Fogel helps you develop your own confident relationship with poetry's shapes, words, images, sounds, emotions, mysteries, and more. This event is made possible by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities.
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Polaris Outage April 11 - 13
Polaris, the library’s automated service will be offline for three days. The Rodgers Memorial Library in Hudson has joined the GMILCS consortium, and once the Polaris integration is complete, their catalog will be searchable along with the other 11 library's collections currently available. Learn more about GMILCS at https://findit.gmilcs.org/polaris/?ctx=1
During this downtime, the following services will NOT be available:
- the library catalog,
- access to your library account,
- placement of hold requests,
- access to e-library (unless you come into the Library),
- downloadable e-books, e-audiobooks, movies, and music,
- museum pass reservations, or
- event registrations on our calendar.
✽ Library materials that would have been due during this time will now be due on Thursday, April 14.
Mark your calendar and remember to borrow your physical & digital books, movies, magazines, comics, and shows before then so you'll be prepared during this outage. Wi-Fi and public computers with internet will still be available at the Library. We WILL be able to check out materials to you in-person, please be sure to have your library card with you when you come in.
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Pick Up Some Poetry
April is National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K-12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, bloggers, and, of course, poets marking poetry’s important place in our culture and our lives every April (poets.org). Visit the catalog to browse the selection and place your request today!
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This Month's Book Groups
All Welcome, Join Us!
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Tuesday 4/5 at 6:30pm: Evening Book Group Suggested Reading by David Connis
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Wednesday 3/16 at 1:30pm: Afternoon Book Group The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
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Big Library Read
April 4-18
"Questlove's in-depth, witty, creative, personal, and authoritative musical history will keep people reading, listening, questioning, and musing for many years to come." – Booklist
Music is History by five-time Grammy Award winner Questlove will be available instantly, in e-book & e-audiobook format in the Libby app. Questlove also recently won Best Documentary Oscar for Summer of Soul. There are unlimited digital copies - no holds, no waiting!
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Kids' Graphic Novel Book Club
Tuesday, April 19 at 3:30pm
This month, kids in grades 2-4 will be reading Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires. Come ready to talk about what you loved and what you didn't, and to learn more about reading and making comics!
Pick up your copy of the book at the Circulation desk.
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We're excited to announce the addition of a new pass to our Museum Pass Program - Zoo New England.
Zoo New England manages and operates Franklin Park Zoo in Boston and Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Both locations are open year-round, read all about them at www.zoonewengland.org/. Admission with pass is $9 per adult, $6 per child, and children under 2 years are free.
Thanks go to the Friends of the Goffstown Public Library for fully funding the Museum Pass Program. The Museum Pass Program enables library patrons free or reduced entry fees to various museums, state parks, and science institutions in NH such as the Children’s Museum, Currier Museum of Art, SEE Science Center, and Squam Lakes. In the Boston area, institutions include the Museum of Fine Arts, New England Aquarium, Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, and Boston Children’s Museum.
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Trace the clues your ancestors left behind!
Ancestry® Library Edition delivers billions of records like census data, vital records, directories, and photos. It’s an unprecedented online collection of individuals from North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and more. Ancestry is available only in the Library.
On April 1, 2022, the 1950 U.S. Census will be released by the National Archives. Ancestry® will begin indexing the information, state by state, to make it available as soon as possible through Ancestry Library Edition. Visit www.census.gov to learn more about the "72-Year Rule".
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Research at Home
HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, and more.
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Building Addition Information |
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Building Addition
The Goffstown Public Library belongs to the community and that has been our focus for over 100 years. To see specs and plans for the building addition, please visit
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Let MTA pick you up!
Call 603-623-8801 (option "2") for free transportation options.
Manchester Transit Authority provides on-demand service now available Monday through Friday, 9am to 2pm. Make a reservation directly with Manchester Transit Authority as early as 1 week prior, and at least 24 hours in advance.
Rides to medical appointments, riders with disabilities, and those age 62+ receive priority booking. Service will be provided on a first come first serve basis and will be available "curb to curb" from any location in the Town of Goffstown to any other location in the Town of Goffstown or any medical facility in the City of Manchester or Town of Bedford. All buses are ADA accessible.
For more information contact Planning and Economic Development Director Jo Ann Duffy at 603-497-8990 x118 or JoAnn.Duffy@goffstownnh.gov
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The Goffstown Public Library Is Open For Full Service
Masks will no longer be required at the Library per vote of the Library Board of Trustees on March 16, 2022.
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Please help us be here for you!
Our primary goal is to remain healthy and open to the public, providing every service and resource to the community. If you or other family members are unwell, please do not come into the library building. If your child is too ill to be in school, they are too ill to visit the library. We have options for you:
- Call us at 603-497-2102 and we will put together a Book Bundle for you or anyone in your family.
- We are always happy to provide materials through our contactless parking lot pick-up process. Just call us at 603-497-2102 when you are parked, open your trunk, and we will place previously requested materials there.
- Your Goffstown Public Library card gives you access to THREE platforms for e-audio and e-books. hoopla gives you streaming access to movies, TV shows, e-audio, e-books, books in a graphic format, and more.
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