Manchester City Library

Sharing photos has been a popular activity since the invention of the camera. Almost everyone has poured over family photos at reunions, holidays and special occasions—flipping through stacks of photos and reminiscing and sharing memories. Flickr can help you share photos with more people and gives you control over who sees your photos at any time and any place on the planet. You don’t have to wait for the next family reunion to see photos of distant relatives or friends—you can see and share them as soon as you make them available on Flickr. Do you have pictures on your camera or cell phone that you want to keep?   Let us help you and have some fun learning to use Flickr–which is one of the tools what we’ve been using here at the library to store, collect and utilize  pictures.  “Fun With Flickr” is one on one help and instruction on how to use Flickr to upload, edit and share your photos. For more information or to sign up please call the Manchester City Library at 624-6550 and speak with Yvonne.

Are you looking for something free and fun for something for your children to do this summer? Join us at the Manchester City Library for our annual Summer Reading Program. This year’s theme is, “Summertime and the Reading is…FUN.” Between June 29th and August 7th the children’s department will offer a variety of activities and programs including the return of Karina Bertrand and her music, the Amoskeag Fishways, and the always entertaining Majestic Theatre Trust. Our weekly programs will be:

• Family storytimes on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM

• Summer crafts on Thursdays at 9:30 AM (registration required)

• Lapsit storytimes on Fridays at 9:30 AM

Throughout the summer children are encouraged to read, or have read to them, 10 books. Librarians and volunteers will be available daily to share stories, chart books and award prizes. Many other fun activities, raffles and programs are planned, so come to the beach with us for a summer full of reading fun! For more information call the children’s department at 624-6550 ext. 328.

Thanks again to everyone who contributed to the library’s pasta drive in May. Erin Torrey at the NH Food Bank sent us a terrific thank-you note. To quote: “With the help of your community, you donated 236 pounds of pasta, enough for 184 meals for men, women & children in need. We can’t thank you enough for helping all of those New Hampshire families during these difficult times.” Great job everyone!

This Wednesday, June 10th, we will be upgrading the Library software that manages all our customer and collection information. Our usual system will be unavailable to us and to you so we will only be able to perform limited tasks.

What will continue to be available on Wednesday:

• Our Librarians via phone, email, and in person - we will still be able to do some searching for you.
• Our Internet computers.
• Check outs and returns. You can check books out, but you must have your library card. We can’t look up your account during this time.

What will not be available on Wednesday:

• Our online catalog from home and from inside the Libraries.
• Our online databases from home and from inside the Libraries.
• Renewals.
• Placing holds on materials.
• Reserving museum passes.
• Paying fines

Summer is fast approaching. Soon the kids will be out of school. Wondering what would make an easy day trip. How about checking out one of Museum Passes. We have a wide variety of passes offering different discounts available each day during the summer. These are available to any Manchester City Library card holder who is 18 years and older with a fine free card. These passes that are available on the Main Library:

American Independence Museum - Exeter, NH Admits 2 adults and 2 students for free. Children 6 years and under are free.

Canterbury Shaker Village - Canterbury, NH Admits adults at a cost of $6.00, children’s 6-17 years at a cost of $3.00. Limit 2 people per pass.

Children’s Museum of New Hampshire - Dover, NH Admits 4 people at $2.00 each.

Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH Admits 2 adults for free. Children’s under 17 years are free.

Manchester Millyard Museum - Manchester, NH Admits 4 adults for free. Children under 6 years are free.

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center - Concord, NH Admits 4 people for free, up to a maximum value of $36.00. Good for exhibit only. Planetarium shows are an extra $3.00. Not valid for special events.

Museum of New Hampshire History - Concord, NH Family pass which allows 4 adults or 2 adults w/children or grandchildren.

Peabody Essex Museum - Salem, MA Admits 2 adults at a cost of $5.00. Children 16 years and under are free.

SEE Science Center - Manchester, NH Admits 2 adults and 2 children.

Strawbery Banke - Portsmouth, NH Family pass that admits 2 adults and 4 children.

Sports Museum - Boston, MA Admits 6 people per visit.

Zoo New England - Boston, MA Admits 2 adults at the cost of $2.00, 4 children at the cost of $2.00. Can be used at either Stone Zoo or the Franklin Park Zoo.

These passes are available at West Manchester Community Library:

Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA This pass admits two people for a general admission fee of $5.00 per person. It also allows an upgrade to a special exhibition ticket for an additional $8.00 per person, on the same day only, subject to availability.

Museum of Science - Boston, MA This pass admits up for four people at a cost of $5.00 per person. It is good for general admission to the museum only, not for admission to the Omni Theater, the Planetarium, or combination tickets.

New England Aquarium - Boston, MA This pass admits up to four people at a cost of $8.00 per person. Normal admission fees are $19.95 for adults, and $10.95 for children 3-11 years old. Children under 3 are admitted free. Pass not available during July and August.

You can either make a reservation through our website www.manchester.lib.nh.us or call the Children’s Room at 624-6550 ext. 314 or the West Manchester Community Library at 624-6560. We are always adding new museum passes to our collection. Keep checking back on a regular basis.