If you’d be willing to give us a hand by raking some leaves tomorrow, please be at the library at 11am with a rake!   I’ll be happy to sign any volunteer hours forms.

The library will close at 5pm (2 hours early) on the following Wednesdays, due to staff training:

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

An Introduction to Genealogy presentation will take place at the Suncook Senior Center, Thursday, November 7th at 12pm (tomorrow).  Learn the basics to start your genealogy search!  All are welcome (you don’tr have to be a “senior.”

As Amber will be giving the presentation, the library will be closed from 11:30am-1pm on 11/7/13 during the presentation.

The Suncook Senior Center is located at 10 School Street, Allenstown, NH 03275.

We will be closing today at 4pm and craft time is cancelled today, due to a staff illness.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

We’ve received a generous donation to cover legal fees to officially incorporate a Friends of the Allenstown Public Library group. We are seeking interested parties to serve as members of our first board. Please contact Amber at the library if you’re willing to help out.

The next meeting of the Allenstown Library trustees will be Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 3pm at the library.

Upgrade to a key tag library card for $1.  You’ll always have your card with you and will never forget it again.

The Board of Selectmen requested that the Library Trustees provide detail about how a $13,000 budget cut could impact the library.  In the interest of transparency, the Library Trustees are providing details of how a $13,000, or 25% budget cut would effect Library staff and services to the public:

The following would be cut from library offerings

• Ancestry.com database
• Movie license
• Downloadable books
• Craft supplies
• Computer contract, including virus protection, IT support, and Cleanslate disc protection
• Summer reading program supplies and events

Fewer library hours

• The library would be open one less day a week, (likely Wednesday or Friday), reflecting a cut to staff salaries.  This would cut $5600 from the director’s salary, which is time Amber uses to work on grants and fundraising, which has brought in over $17,000 in 2013.

Increased charges

We would be forced to begin charging for faxing and raise the price of printing/copying  to offset the cost of supplies:

• Instead of being free up to 10 pages, faxing would now cost $1 a page.
• The price to print or copy would rise from $.25 a page to $.85 a page.

If you are interested in voicing your opinion about this issue, the library trustees suggest you attend the Board of Selectmen’s meeting on Monday, October 21st at 6pm at St. John Baptist hall.

Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 3pm at the library.