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CLEARVIEW TV
Watch Planning/Zoning Board, School Board, Selectmen, Deliberative Session, Budget Committee and many more meetings and events.
GAFNEY ON THE GO - CURBSIDE SERVICE IS HERE!
Easy as 1, 2, 3 - reserve, wait for a call to schedule a pickup appointment, pickup!
Here's how it works
WREATH SALE FUNDRAISER - ORDER NOW ONLY 50 LEFT!
They are going fast and there is a limited supply - if you are one of the ones who missed out in past years, don't miss out again - order NOW!
Here is the order slip,
- print it out put it in an evelope with a check
- drop it off in the outdoor book drop at the library
YOUTH LIBRARY FALL PROGRAM SCHEDULE IS UP!
Yes, it will be a little different for sure, but lots of fun is in store for you! Check out the programs here.
KIDS THEMED BAGS - HOW MUCH FUN IS THIS!!
All you need to do is give Miss Diane or Miss Susan a theme (dinosaurs? princesses? soccer? cooking? nature?) and they will create a bag of things for you to have fun with at home.
Need some ideas? Go to the Gafney catalog and on the lower left click on Kids Catalog and WOW! Look at all the cool themes! (Don't forget, you can still come up with your own theme.) Miss Diane or Miss Susan will fill a bag with books, movies, graphic novels, activity sheets - whatever they can find about your theme - and call you to make an appointment to pick it up.
The choices are yours and the sky is the limit!! So contact Miss Diane or Miss Susan at youth.library@gafneylibrary.org or 522-9735 now.
GAFNEY LIBRARY ADULT LEARNING CENTER AND HiSET STUDY.
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We've reopened to help you study and take the HiSET exam!
Are things a little different during COVID-19? Sure, but it's all to keep you and our tutors safe. So for now we are working on an appointment schedule on Wednesdays between 3:00 and 6:00pm. Call Rosemary Stewart at 986-1116 to make your one-hour appointment to work with a tutor. They all have a truckload of resources to help you.
We also have a HiSET testing center - so study and test at the same location. At this point we are only administering the HiSET exam to those who are studying at our center. Exams are set up by appointment after students pass a pretest in any one of the five areas - science, social studies, math, reading and writing.
Both the tutoring and the HiSET exam are held at the Greater Wakefield Resource Center on Main Street in Union - big white building at the railroad tracks.
NEW! HOOPLA - DOWNLOAD MOVIES, MUSIC, COMICS, EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS AND TV SHOWS
HOOPLA
- Create an account with your email and a password.
- Once logged in, find your library - Gafney of course!
- Log in with your card number and phone number on record.
We are grateful that The Friends of Wakefield Libraries is helping to fund this service.
DON'T FORGET OUR READ ALONG EBOOKS FOR KIDS
There are ebooks and audiobooks for kids, teens and adults...check them out here:
https://nh.overdrive.com/
WE ARE WIRELESS OUTSIDE THE GAFNEY - 24/7!!
Use your laptop, phone, iPad or other hand held technology to access the internet while sitting in your car, on your bike, in the adirondack chairs or on the library steps or grass outside the library. Please remember to social distance.
NEED A LIBRARY CARD?
Just go to our catalog: https://gafney.biblionix.com/catalog/ and click on the sign up button under the login.
Forget your card number? Call 522-3401 or email gafney@gafneylibrary.org and we'll get you up and running.
TO FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
visit www.nhes.nh.gov
click on the "File a Claim for Benefits" button on the left side of the homepage, or call the NH Unemployment Assistance Hotline, 603-271-7700.
click on the "File a Claim for Benefits" button on the left side of the homepage, or call the NH Unemployment Assistance Hotline, 603-271-7700.
COVID 19 INFORMATION SITES
Governor Sununu's Executive Orders related to Covid 19
EXHIBIT A to Emergency Order #17 - list of essential services
NH Department of Health and Human Services - Covid 19
National Library of Medicine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
World Health Organization
Directory of Local Health Departments
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Map
Washington Post article on how to "Flatten the Curve"
EBSCO Covid 19 information - trending topics, news, maps and visualizations
STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOUR TOWN GOVERNMENT!
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
TOWN OF BROOKFIELD
HEY KIDS! WANT TO BE A PARK RANGER?
Junior Ranger Online
NASA AT HOME FOR KIDS AND FAMILY
NASA for kids and family fun and education
EXPLORE TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT
For children, adults, educators (lesson plans!)....all you who are curious!
EXPLORE!
PAPER WEAVING CRAFT FOR KIDS
Miss Susan thinks you might have some fun doing some paper weaving...try it with lots of different colors.
PAPER WEAVING INSTRUCTIONS
COMMUNITY GUIDE FOR CORONA VIRUS
This document could answer many of your questions about contact info for unemployment, Social Security Benefits, Utilities, Food Stamps, SNAP, WIC, Cash Assitance, Medicaid, Domestic Violence, and much more during the covid 19 pandemic.
VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR - ANIMATED!
RECOVERY RESOURCES - YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Online recovery resources
The Doorway - NH
NH AUDOBON SOCIETY - ADULTS AND KIDS!
Note the weekly streaming videos and storytimes
NH AUDUBON SOCIETY
GIRL SCOUTS AT HOME - OPEN TO ALL GIRLS
Checkout all the free badge activities
A guide to keep the kids busy for at least a day!
Goals and activities to achieve the goals
Girl Scouts at Home
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AT HOME
Guided activities for the kids
Boy Scouts of American at Home
FREE EBOOKS - EXAMPLE OF HOW TO FIND THEM
Here is an example of where you can find free ebooks
ADULTS! FEELING CREATIVE? THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT - BROOKLYN ART MUSEUM
Check out The Sketchbook Project from the Brooklyn Art Museum. They are offering a challenge to you while you lately spend more time at home. Use your creative powers to create your own sketchbook..and they put it in their collection!
HOW ABOUT DOING SOME FAMILY RESEARCH?
Some resources now available free for your genealogy projects!
Ancestry.com Library Edition can be accessed on our catalog page by logging in with your library card and phone number, then scrolling down under electronic resources.
HeritageQuest Online is available to anyone by using the login information on the handout.
New Hampshire State Library Researching your NH family history online from home.
ARE YOU MISSING DISNEYWORLD DURING SPRING BREAK?
HOP ON A RIDE HERE
FREE MAGAZINES, EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS AND DOCUMENTS
SCRIBD
Free for 30 days with no credit card required!
TOUR THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Explore the Guggenheim from home
Browse their over 200 art books and catalogs
And here is a link to the sister museums in Venice and Bilbao
LIVE READINGS
List of authors or illustrators who will be doing live readings or interactive sessions.
SITES FOR KIDS
Some of these are available under the Kids link, to the left here. Others are new, so have fun!
GO TO A MUSEUM - VIRTUALLY
Visit a museum! (click on the blue link after clicking on the colored link)
GET TO KNOW YOUR FAMILY (TREE!)
Great family activity
Heritage Quest
Getting Started
The NH State Library has arranged for us to offer HeritageQuest software free of charge during this period of pandemic.
Note the login info after you click on the HeritageQuest link.
FUN STUFF FOR KIDS
What should I do today?
Day to day activities from Scholastic
GET THE REAL FACTS, NOTHING BUT THE FACTS!!
There is a lot of false information about the coronavirus out there, so get your facts straight from the sources:
WHO - World Health Organization
CDC - Center for Disease Control
NH Department of Health and Human Services - For NH specific information
Before forwarding social media posts check for truthfulness by going to SNOPES .
NEW FOR PARENTS!
check out these award winning learning sites for kids
Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award by The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is awarded to PBS for:
Play and Learn Science
With Honor Awards going to:
Coral Reef by Tinybop
Lexi's World by Pop Pop Pop
DOWNLOAD EBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS
Be sure to download the Libby app when you get to the site!
While you're there, check out the Great Stone Face and read-along ebooks for the kids.
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