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Featured Content

National Library Week 2023

April 25, 2023

Join us at the library for a week full of fun events to celebrate National Library Week!

Monday April 24th 2:30pm: Teen Board Games
Tuesday April 25th 10am-6pm: Lego Challenge Drop In
Tuesday April 25th 12pm: Brown Bags & Books
Tuesday April 25th 1pm: Historic building tour
Tuesday April 25th 1pm: Canasta Club
Tuesday April 25th 3pm: Historic building tour
Wednesday April 26th 3pm: Teen Advisory Board
Wednesday April 26th 6pm: Braiding Sweetgrass Discussion
Thursday April 27th 2pm: 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Party
Thursday April 27th 2:30pm: Teen Video Games
Thursday April 27th 6pm: Historic building tour
Thursday April 27th 7pm: Poetry Group with special guest poet
Friday April 28th 3pm: Teen Escape Room board games
Friday April 28th 5pm: Little Wiggle Story Time
Saturday April 29th 10:30am: Dungeons & Dragons (registration required)
Saturday April 29th 10:30am: Puzzle Frenzy

Drop in anytime this week to decorate a paper heart with why you love the library!

Take a walk around the outside of the library to enjoy our newest StoryWalk.

Filed Under: Adult Programs, Children's Programs, Events, Featured Content, Teen Programs, Youth Programs

We’re Hiring! Local History Librarian Position

August 2, 2022

Do you love local history? Are you interested in helping people with research questions? Are you organized and ready to dive into some projects? Read through the job description below and if this sounds like the perfect fit please email a cover letter and resume to the Director, Justine Fafara at jfafara@newport.lib.nh.us

JOB DESCRIPTION

1. Catalog resources to insure that historical materials are accessible to the public.

2. Maintain the historical collections through inventory, conservation, and preservation procedures.

3. Work with other local historical organizations to promote the preservation and interest in New Hampshire history.

4. Add to the historical collections by soliciting materials and recommending for purchase of suitable materials.

5. Provide reference services by responding to genealogical and historical information inquiries.

6. Assist patrons with library needs. Provide quick reference, detailed research and reader’s advisory assistance.

7. Oversee Hale Award Collection.

 8.  Perform other duties as assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

  • Strong computer skills and comfort learning new databases
  • Effective written and oral communication skills
  • Comfort with presenting to groups and teaching classes
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, staff of other libraries, and the public
  • Ability to conduct oneself with tact and courtesy
  • Be physically able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation


QUALIFICATIONS

  • Cataloging experience or coursework
  • Customer Service experience
  • MLS or within one semester of graduation
  • Interest in local town, state, and regional history

STATUS: This position is part time: 15 hours per week, one evening per week.
HOURLY RATE: $18-20 per hour depending on experience
CLOSING DATE: August 19, 2022
GOAL STARTING DATE: September 19, 2022

TO APPLY: Please send cover letter and resume to Justine Fafara at jfafara@newport.lib.nh.us

Filed Under: Featured Content, Job Postings, Local History, Local History / Archives, Uncategorized Tagged With: Announcement, Archivist, Historian, Job posting, Local History

We’re Hiring! Library Page Position

August 2, 2022

Are you a high school student looking for a great first job? Fill out the application below and either bring it into the library or email it to Justine at jfafara@newport.lib.nh.us

JOB DESCRIPTION

  1. Responsible for shelving all materials.
  2. Responsible for the physical upkeep of library materials, shelves and library reading areas.
  3. Responsible for kitchen cleanup at the end of the day.
  4. Assists with circulation desk duties.
  5. Maintains basement storage areas.
  6. Maintain public bulletin boards.
  7. Brings festival items to upper floors.
  8. Assists Youth Services Librarian with summer reading program and displays throughout the year.
  9. Assists with Library Cat related tasks. (We have two library cats).
  10. Performs other duties as required.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

  • Be physically able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation
  • Knowledge of a variety of hardware and software as well as Internet services
  • Ability to use computers and to utilize computer databases
  • Effective written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, staff of other libraries, and the public
  • Ability to conduct oneself with tact and courtesy

STATUS: This position is part time: 9-10 hours per week, every other Saturday and evening hours required
HOURLY RATE: $9.50 per hour
CLOSING DATE: August 12, 2022
GOAL STARTING DATE: August 22, 2022

Page-ApplicationDownload

Filed Under: Featured Content, Job Postings, Uncategorized Tagged With: Announcement, Job posting, Page

Colin Calloway receives 2022 Hale Award

June 1, 2022

We are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2022 Sarah Josepha Hale Award is Colin Calloway. Calloway has been a professor at Dartmouth College since 1995 and has served 5 terms as chair of the Native American Studies Program. He has published 14 titles in the field of Native American and Indigenous and has edited 10 collections of essays and documents. He has received awards from the Missiquoi Nation of Abenakis and the Native American Students at Dartmouth. He was also selected for the American Indian History Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. His book, The Indian World of George Washington, was a National Book Award finalist in 2018, received the Daughters of the American Revolution Excellence in American History Book Award, the Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year Award, the American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia Book Award, and the George Washington Prize in 2019.

The Richards Free Library Board of Trustees and Sarah Josepha Hale Award Board of Judges are pleased to host Mr. Calloway on Saturday September 24th. Tickets for a dinner at the Old Courthouse Restaurant will be available for sale at the library beginning August 22, 2022. Following the dinner will be a free event, open to the public at the Newport Opera House at 7pm which will include the award presentation and speech by Calloway. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first serve basis.

Filed Under: Adult Programs, Events, Featured Content, Hale Award Tagged With: 2022, Abenakis, American Indian History Lifetime Achievement Award, Announcement, Calendar, Colin Calloway, Dartmouth College, Daughters of the American Revolution, events, Hale Award, Missiquoi Nation, National Book Award, Native American Studies Program, Public, Sarah Josepha Hale Award, The Indian World of George Washington

Library Hours

March 19, 2021

Filed Under: About Us, Featured Content Tagged With: About Us, Hours, Services

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