2024 Santa Fund

Would you like to brighten a local Moultonborough child’s holiday? Please consider donating to the Children’s Christmas Trust (AKA The Santa Fund). There are two ways to donate. Beginning mid-November, a Giving Tree will be at the library with ornaments, each with items that are needed. Take an ornament, purchase the gift listed, and return the gift unwrapped with the ornament attached to the library by December 6. Monetary donations are also accepted as cash or check made payable to Moultonborough Children's Christmas Trust and can be delivered to the library.

Are you or do you know a family in need of assistance this holiday season? All Moultonborough families with children up to 18 years of age or up to 12th grade are eligible to participate. Fill out the form online in English here and in Spanish here. Print applications are available at the library and should be handed in at the library. The deadline to apply is November 12 at midnight.

This program has been helping Moultonborough families for many years during the holidays. The Library partners with community organizations including Meredith Village Savings Bank, Bootleggers, Moultonborough United Methodist Church, the Moultonborough Women's Club, Lakes Region Food Pantry, Knights of Columbus, and residents of Moultonborough to aid these families. Each child receives a warm jacket, hat, gloves, boots, clothing, gifts, and a food voucher. The need grows greater every year, and we appreciate any help that can be provided.

 

 

New Security Measure for Hoopla and Libby

Starting on October 15, Libby and Hoopla will require a PIN, even for existing users. This PIN will be the same password that is used to log into one’s account on the library’s website, usually your last name all lowercase.  We realize that this process could be inconvenient at first, but it will provide for a safer, more reliable digital reading experience. If you need assistance please stop by the library and we will be happy to help.

Note:  If your last name, all lower case, doesn't work, you can reset your PIN by calling the library or by using the online reset password feature for your library account. 

Hoopla App

The first time you attempt to borrow an item on or after Oct. 15, you may get the message that there is something wrong with your account. This likely just means you need to enter the PIN/password associated with your library account.

In Hoopla, click on Setting. Select Library Settings (not Personal Settings!).  Below your library card number you will see a new field for Library PIN.  Enter the PIN (most likely your last name, all lower case, unless you changed it).  Click Save Library Settings and you should now be able to borrow your selection.

Libby App

On or after Oct. 15 when you try to borrow an item, you may be asked to verify your card.  If an area to enter your PIN/password does not pop up, you can go to Menu (bottom center of screen). Select Manage Cards.  Click on gray circle with three dots. Select Verify Card. Enter your PIN/Password in the box provided. 

Not Currently a Hoopla or Libby User?

If you are a Moultonborough resident cardholder and are not yet using our downloadable content, do please stop by the library where we will be happy to get you started. If you are a non-resident cardholder, please contact your home library for access to their digital library. 

The Moultonborough Public Library offers digital downloads of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and more through 2 mobile apps, Libby and Hoopla, to Moultonborough resident cardholders. The Libby app, once called Overdrive, gives our resident cardholders access to the NH Downloadables Collection. The Hoopla app provides access to books and magazines, but also to TV shows, movies and lots of children’s digital content. 

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Josianne Fitzgerald, Moultonborough Adult Services Librarian, Receives the READS Award of Excellence

Award of Excellence Presented to Moultonborough Librarian
By Reese Lincoln

The READS Award of Excellence is meant to recognize a library worker whose exceptional contributions have improved their library’s services to adults. The New Hampshire Library Association presents the award to one individual from across the state annually, and this year, the recipient is Josianne Fitzgerald.

Josianne has been a librarian at the Moultonborough Public Library for the past two years, and in that time, her dedication and thoughtfulness in her job have made a huge impact to the benefit of the community.

The expansive help Jossiane provides to all patrons in the library has been essential to the supportive Moultonborough Public Library environment. She has been instrumental in providing community members with a vast range of technological support. She is prepared and glad to help patrons one-on-one with their queries. Josianne, alert to the
population’s needs, also teaches group classes on everything from using Google Docs to the age of AI.

In addition, Josianne’s fluidity of both English and Spanish and experience as a former conference translator is a unique asset that has helped open up the community. She has translated the application for the library’s donation program of warm clothes and toys for the holiday season, and this year she worked with a local astrophysicist to translate her program about the solar eclipse. Her services are invaluable to the community, and her engagement has provided a sense of belonging for all.

Among the many reasons Josianne received this award, prominent is her compassion towards the community. Josianne has spearheaded a growing number of wellness and health programs, including a diabetes-friendly recipe club and has supported a dementia caretakers weekly support group. This year, the library was given a grant to provide programs coordinated by Josianne with a health educator from Granite VNA. These programs include a health book club called “Wellness Reads,” as well as a series of Tales and Travel Memories events, which provide a connection opportunity to those living with dementia.

Josianne has served as a librarian across the world, in countries including China and Egypt, but her colleagues are certainly glad that she has ended up here in New Hampshire. Her coworkers are thrilled to see Josianne get the credit and attention they know she deserves. Brittany Durgin, the Moultonborough Public Library director, states, “Josianne is an asset to the communities she serves and is a wealth of knowledge for those of us who work with her.”

 

Artist of the Month

Country Village Quilters' Club

November's Artist Month is the Country Village Quilters' Club, who have filled the Program Room with a collection of fabulous fall-themed quilts made by members. Stop by the enjoy the beautiful piecework this month. 

From the Country Village Quilters' Club:

   The purpose fo the CVQG is to advance the appreciation of quilting and textile arts through education, application, service and fellowship. 

   As a guild we donate our talents, time and resources to make comfort quilts for shelters, foster children, emergency cruisers, veterans, hospice care, hospitals and transports. The raffle quilt made by our members, fund these and other club endeavors. 

   The CVQG is a fun, lively and supportive group. We shold our meetings at the Safety Building on Rt. 25 in Moultonborough, NH, betwee the fire and police stations. 

   The meetings and programs are held the first and third Wednesdays each month, year round, from 1:30 to 4 pm. Visitors are always welcome. 

For more information, contact us at:

   CVQG, P.O. Box 70, Center Harbor, NH 03226