Come meet the Allenstown Police Department’s comfort dog at the library. As you can see she’s a big fan of kids! July 8th at 1 pm

Gwen has the cutest craft available this week. Come in to get your own fire-breathing dragon craft kit! If you’re participating in our Summer Reading program you get a raffle ticket to try to win one of our 32 prizes!

Summer Reading has officially started! Check out our exciting summer schedule.

Guess who stopped by the library today? Grogu wanted to sign up for our Summer Reading Program and he checked out some of our awesome new books. Kids can now be signed up for Summer Reading at the library. We can’t wait to see you!

Beginning June 1st the library will be open our regular hours and you will not need an appointment to visit. Curbside appointments will still be available for those who prefer it. We hope to see more of you, we’ve missed you all so much!

Hours:

Tuesday 10-6
Thursday 10-5
Friday 10-5

We now have a seed library available for our patrons! We’d love for you to pick some up and share pictures of what you grow!

The Town-Wide Yard Sale is tomorrow! We will have all sorts of books on sale including children’s picture books and children’s chapter books. We have lots of DVDs and even a few video games. Make sure you stop by the library tomorrow from 8-4 or until we run out!

You can check out the list of homes participating in the yard sale here: https://www.allenstownnh.gov/…/yard-sale-addresses_0.pdf

We are excited to announce we will be opening back up on Fridays from 10am -3pm. We will be available for browsing appointments and curbside. We’re looking forward to seeing you!

$3,000 Grant Will Help the Library Work with Residents to Preserve Local History.

Allenstown Public Library has been selected as one of 300 libraries to participate in Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries, an American Library Association (ALA) initiative that helps library workers better serve their small and rural communities. 

The competitive award comes with a $3,000 grant that will help the library preserve and protect the history of Allenstown.

“We are so excited and grateful to receive this grant,” said Library Director Betsi Randlett. “This grant will allow our library to be a part of preserving local history and we are looking forward to everything we will learn through our community conversation.”

As part of the grant, Allenstown Public Library staff will take an online course in how to lead conversations, a skill vital to library work today. Staff will then host an online conversation with residents about preserving local history and use the grant funds to create historical markers for an historic walking trail created by the Allenstown Economic Development Committee.

If you are interested in getting involved or taking part in the conversation, please contact Betsi Randlett at Allenstownlib@comcast.net, or visit http://allenstownlibrary.org for more information.

Since 2014, ALA’s Libraries Transforming Communities initiative has re-imagined the role libraries play in supporting communities. Libraries of all types have utilized free dialogue and deliberation training and resources to lead community and campus forums; take part in anti-violence activities; provide a space for residents to come together and discuss challenging topics; and have productive conversations with civic leaders, library trustees and staff.

“Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries is an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) in collaboration with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL).”

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