Manchester City Library

Do you need U.S. statistics on a WIDE variety of health care topics for a research paper? Well, look no more!
Health, United States, 2007 is an annual report on trends in health statistics.
This updated source from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services is located in the Government Documents section of the library. This area is off limits to the public, but please ask someone at the Information Desk to help you with any Government Document.

Health, United States, 2007 has various topics in table and chart form on information like:

1. Health care expenditures, access to healthcare, risk factors, and overall health of the nation by income level
2. Substance use by age
3. Weekly restaurant visits by age
4. Fertility, mortality, disease data

Health, United States, 2007 is also online. Check it out!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask Amy H., Government Documents Librarian, Manchester City Library

This year’s Summer Reading Program is called “G’Day for Reading” begins on Monday, June 30. It will run for six weeks, and finish up on Friday, August 8th. It is for children in grades K-5, but we encourage those younger to sign up as well.

Once they sign up at the library, they have to read 10 books during those six weeks. They can read more if they want. Out of those 10 books, they have to tell about 4 of them to one of our volunteers during sharing time. Sharing Times are M-Tu-Thurs from 9:30-7:30 and Wed & Fri from 9:30-4:30. After each sharing, they will get a prize. After reading the 10 books, they will earn a free book and an invite to the finale program on Thursday, August 14.

There are other programs going on as well.

Every Tuesday, beginning July 1, there will be storytime at 9:30 in the Winchell Room.

Every Thursday, beginning July 3, there will be a craft time at 9:30 in the Winchell Room. This program you do have to sign up for due to limited space.

Friday mornings at 9:30 am, I do a lapsit storytime for babies and their caregivers. The ages for that is newborns up to 23 months.

Wednesdays July 16, 23, & 30, at 10:00 am, Karina will be here to present a music program for all ages. She was here last year and the kids just loved her.

Tuesday, July 8, Musician Paul Warnick is here at 2:00 pm in the Library’s side yard. He will be presenting a musicial program about Australia.

Tuesday, July 15, the Marine Docents are here at 2:00 pm to present a program on sea life. This program you do have to sign up for due to limited space.

Monday, July 14, there is a Dance Dance Revolution program happening at 3:00 pm in the Winchell Room. This program is for grades K-5 and there is a sign up.

There will be a movie on Monday, August 4 at 2:00 pm. Not sure on the title yet.

Life Size Clue will be on Wednesday, August 13, at 2:30 pm. This program is for grades K-5 and there is a sign up.

Are you trying to work on a vehicle and need information to keep it running? Check out the automotive repair resources available to you at our library. We have many, many volumes of Mitchell and Chilton repair guides in our reference collection as well as through our on-line database. The Auto Repair Reference Center is available here, on the library’s website. Easy to use, this site will ask you the year of your car and give you choices of carmakers and their brands / models. Depending on year and model, you can find information about repair procedures, service bulletins & recalls, diagrams of various car systems, troubleshooting and other tips about cars. Information is available on vehicles built from 1945 to the present. Lastly, if you don’t find what you need to repair your car, please call or e-mail us at the reference desk. We’re always glad to help.
See you at the library!

Beginning July 1, 2008, the library is changing the overdue fees for some of our items. The new fees will be:

• $0.25 a day ($5 max) on books, CDs, cassettes, and periodicals
• $1.00 a day ($10 max) on framed prints.

All other fines will remain the same.

Courtesy of our seasonal newsletter for Summer 2008.

Are you a fan of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants? If so, come help us celebrate the release of a second movie based upon the series! We will view and decorate some traveling pants that are back for a “reunion” while enjoying snacks and a movie based upon the first book. Meet us Wednesday June 25^th at 3:30 p.m. in the Winchell Room. For more information check out Flickr or contact Kate Norton, 624-6550 x 604, knorton@manchesternh.gov.