- If you check out in person at an appointment, you'll get an email so we don't have to touch your materials to stamp it.
- When we put an item in the hallway for you to pick up we won't have to manually email you to let you know it's ready.

Serving the Jackson New Hampshire community.
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA
Jackson Public Library Board of Trustees
Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 4:00 pm
Jackson Public Library
TO PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM,
CONTACT (603) 383-3100 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 5, 2021, 4:00 pm.
A new Storytime is now available on the Jackson Library's website! New storytime programs are posted on the first and third Thursday of each month Join Petunia and Meredith for songs, finger rhymes and some storytelling fun. Previous programs are also available. If you haven't been on the Story Book Trail behind the library, now is a fabulous time to get out! The current story is The Very Best Bed by Rebekah Raye. Enjoy!
Do you have someone on your list that you struggle to buy for? Why not honor them with a book in the Library? We have created two fun ways to buy a book to both honor a loved one and contribute our collection.
We have a wish list with White Birch Books, our unbelievable local book store. Simply buy a book we need, support a local business, and donate the book to us when you're done. Everyone wins!
If instant uplift is what you crave, we also offer a direct sponsorship. Donate a flat fee for a book for our collection. We'll order it and process it for our collection with a book plate honoring your generosity. We can even make sure you're first on the hold list so you can wrap it up - just be sure to return it by the due date!
More information on gifting items for our collection on our sponsorship page.
Today's Library Board of Trustees meeting will be held via Zoom. In order to attend please phone Linda at 383-3100.
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA
Jackson Public Library Board of Trustees
Tuesday, December 1, 2020, 4:00 pm
Jackson Public Library
PLEASE NOTE: MASKS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN
PERSON; TO PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM, CONTACT (603) 383-3100 FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION
Approval of minutes from prior meeting.
Reports: (a) Library Director; (b) Treasurer; (c) Friends.
Old Business: Pandemic Service Plan – Status and discussion of
modifications required, if any.
New Business: Consideration of adoption of town employee COVID-19
policies.
Other Business.
Non-Public Session: If applicable.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 5, 2021, 4:00 pm.
With the holidays fast approaching and COVID cases increasing at startling rates here in NH and across the US, we must remain vigilant regarding the health and well being of our community. Our businesses are working hard to follow NH’s Safer at Home Universal Guidelines, both with their employees and their patrons, so that they may remain open. The Jackson Emergency Management Department would like to remind everyone of the following recommendations and resources to keep our community safe and healthy:
Only by working together as a community will we be able to stop the spread of the virus and get through these challenging times.
PUBLIC HEARING AND MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA
Jackson Public Library Board of Trustees
Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 4:00 pm
Jackson Public Library
PLEASE NOTE: MASKS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON; TO PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM, CONTACT (603) 383-3100 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Public Hearing pursuant to RSA 202-A: 4-c to accept a grant in the amount of $10,000 funded by New Hampshire Humanities and made possible by the National Endowment for Humanities and the federal CARES Act.
Approval of minutes from prior meeting.
Reports:
(a) Library Director;
(b) Treasurer;
(c) Friends.
Old Business:
Pandemic Service Plan - Status and discussion of modifications required, if any.
New Business:
(a) Library Director’s Job Description and Evaluation - Review and discuss drafts;
(b) 2021 Budget - Preliminary discussion.
Other Business.
Non-Public Session: If applicable.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, December 1, 2020, 4:00 pm.
I defy anyone to say they dislike Sean Connery. You may not like a film he was in or a character he played, but no one dislikes all films and characters. That, to me, is a testament to his versatility and his long career.
I was sad to hear of his death today so I am inspired to assemble a list of Connery-related materials in the library's collection and access.
First, of course, the movies and I am red-faced to tell you the Jackson Library owns but one movie: The Untouchables. No OO7. No Indiana Jones. Not even any romcoms or dramas in which he plays a kindly grandpa. No straight-to-video kids movies! No Hunt for Red October!? Thankfully our relationship with them provides access to the collections at the Conway Public Library, Madison Library, and Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth and between all of us there's lots of Connery to be had.
While you're waiting for cinematic satisfaction to arrive from the other libraries, our databases have some nice background reading on the Man. For access, Patron ID is your JPL library card number.
I'm not sure how we are going to do it, but I have 15 copies of The Library Book by Susan Orlean on the way. I could collect articles, photos, and commentary into a blog post and invite you to leave comments. We could have a regular online meeting. A few of us could get together to talk about it at social distance and invite you to chime in from home or record it to YouTube and invite comments? I'm just not sure what would be best.