Kimball Library News 6/22/2020

The announcement that we have all been waiting for…

KIMBALL LIBRARY REOPENING PLAN: We are happy to announce that the Kimball Library will reopen to the public on Monday, July 6th!

Our first priority is your safety and that of the staff. Therefore, strict social distancing and masks will be required of the 20 adults who can visit the Library at one time. Admittance will be based on a token system. A visiting adult will take 1 of 20 tokens on their way inside the building and return it when leaving; if all the tokens are taken, the 21st visitor is welcome to wait on a bench inside the lobby until someone leaves. For now, Take Out service will continue.

The Library will return to its original schedule: Monday through Friday from 10 AM to 8 PM and Saturday from 10 AM to 3 PM. The Children’s Room will be open for browsing; all borrowing will take place at the Main Desk. Returns must be placed in the drops so that they can be quarantined.

The large Meeting Room will not be available at this time. However, the Conference and Study Room will be open for groups of 4 and 2 respectively. In order to preserve social distancing, programs will continue to be virtual and staff will be positioned 6 feet away from visitors.

We have missed you! We are stocked with many new and exciting materials and are looking forward to opening our doors again.

SUMMER VIRTUAL CONCERTS: Relax and sit back from the comfort of your own home, deck, patio, etc. and enjoy the 2020 Virtual Summer Concert Series. The next concert in the series is taking place on July 9 at 6:00 PM.  It is a Country Music Duo - Martin and Kelly.

The incredibly talented duo of Jilly Martin and Ryan Brooks Kelly have become the next must-see act from New England to Nashville. Over the years, they’ve been featured as support acts for many traditional, and mainstream country artists.

Standouts in today’s crossover country music scene, Martin and Kelly’s songs bridge the boundary between traditional and new country. They’ve made their mark with highly-acclaimed original music and are winning over audiences each time they perform. With compelling song-writing, dynamic vocal harmonies and stunning musicianship Martin and Kelly are poised for a breakthrough in the music industry. We encourage you to register to attend this Facebook Live event.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Kimball Library.

TWEENIES TEENIES & GENIES: Tweenies, Teenies and Genies (*Middle School & High School): Let's meet up once a week to talk, vent, kick back, and play games through Zoom. Most of our games will be board games adapted for the web, so stay tuned to find out what we're playing each week!

Since this group is an adapted version of our teen book group, we will continue to have book discussions once a month. Our July book is To Be Determined as we have not voted yet. Check back soon!

*In keeping with this group as a 'Teen Book Group' this program is open to teens and tweens entering middle school or high school only.

STAY TUNED: Visit our website, FaceBook page, Twitter account, Youtube or Instagram to learn about more updates and resources to come.  We miss all our face-to-face interactions with our wonderful community, but safe practice says ‘see you online.’  We have upcoming events online as well that you or your children will be able to participate in.  See you there!

MORE INFO: Go to https://kimballlibrary.com to use the data bases and online services. Miss a news article?  Go to https://kimballlibrary.blogspot.com to read each and every one!

Kimball Library News 6/15/2020

Don’t be discouraged by the lack of the electronic sign outside the building, but rather notice the new banners sporting the front reminding you that we are open for TAKE OUT and that SUMMER READING events are alive and well! Are you not sure how to use our Take Out at the Library? Just give us a call and we will gladly walk you through the process and get you started with this popular service. We cannot wait to hear from you!  

SUMMER VIRTUAL CONCERTS: Relax and sit back from the comfort of your own home, deck, patio, etc. and enjoy the 2020 Virtual Summer Concert Series. A sneak peak of our scheduled performers include:

July 9 ~ Country Music Duo - Martin and Kelly

July 23 ~ The diverse and highly entertaining acoustic sound of The Last Duo

August 6 ~ Award-winning New Hampshire-based fiddler/singer, Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki

August 13 ~ Touring North America, Europe and New Zealand the Folk sounds of Hungrytown

JOB HUNTING FOR REMOTE WORK LIKE A PRO: This informative webinar will be hosted by Krystal Hicks, Career Strategist and Founder of JOBTALK on Thursday, July 16 @ 6:30 PM.

Do you find yourself fantasizing about working remotely, but you’re just not sure how to do that or where to start? Worried about what is next during this time of COVID-19 layoffs and changes in hiring? Join us for this 60-minute webinar, hosted by Krystal Hicks, Career Strategist and Founder of JOBTALK, to learn more about: How to approach this type of transition from traditional, on-site work environments, which industries are emerging as leaders in the remote work space, what job boards and resources are best for this type of search, and how to ensure your LinkedIn profile is (confidentially) working in your favor to ensure recruiters seeking remote employees can find you…

In 2017, Krystal Hicks was recognized as one of the Seacoast’s '10 to Watch' winners; a NH-based contest that recognizes young professionals who are active in the community and working towards economic development in the Seacoast.  She currently resides in Portsmouth and continues to teach her course, 'College to Career: How to stand out in today’s job market” to undergraduate business students at UNH.

Register today and see how you can find great work-from-home opportunities with growing organizations located around the country.  This event is a Webinar and registrants will be sent a personal link to attend.  Links may not be public and the event will not be recorded.

SPRITES WRITE: Let your imagination run wild at our virtual writers' group! Join us on Thursdays at 5:00 PM through June to work on some fun writing projects. We will meet on Zoom every week to discuss our projects and do some creative activities together. This event is geared for budding writers in grades K-6.

Be prepared to ‘Imagine Your Story’ and embrace the magic of writing. We will be working on writing projects to submit to the CLiF Kids' Writing Contest. This year's theme is focused on myths and fairytales so we will be creating our own new fractured fairytale stories! We will also play some fun writing games together like mad libs!

Register in our online event calendar and we will email you a link to our Zoom chatroom as well as the password to get in.

STAY TUNED: Visit our website, FaceBook page, Twitter account, Youtube or Instagram to learn about more updates and resources to come.  We miss all our face-to-face interactions with our wonderful community, but safe practice says ‘see you online.’  We have upcoming events online as well that you or your children will be able to participate in.  See you there!

MORE INFO: Go to https://kimballlibrary.com to use the data bases and online services. Miss a news article?  Go to https://kimballlibrary.blogspot.com to read each and every one!

Kimball Library Names 6/8/2020

Take Out at Your Library is ongoing and Imagine Your Story summer reading registrations are officially off and running!  PLUS, we have nifty new events for adults! Don’t snooze away your summer and miss out on all the great new available titles and events.

SUMMER HEALTHY COOKING CLUB: Do you enjoy cooking and trying new recipes? If so, why not join as our Healthy Cookbook Club goes virtual. We will be holding our 1st VIRTUAL HEALTHY COOKING CLUB on June 15th via ZOOM.

We will start off with a review of a Cooking Blog evaluated by one of our Cookbook Club members. And we will plan reviews of other blogs, online cooking books, and other healthy cooking resources.

Register and we will email you a link to our Zoom as well as the password to get in. This link is via invite only and is not posted on social media.

THE LISTENING FAIRY: This is the perfect opportunity for reluctant readers, emergent readers, or readers who just like someone NEW to listen to them!  This opportunity will be available on Wednesdays at 10:30 AM.

Once you register with the Listening Fairy, you'll be sent a ZOOM link so the fairy can listen to you read. You'll wait in the waiting room until it's your turn. Please choose a maximum of 5 minutes worth of reading. If the fairy has a light schedule you may get to read even longer. Choose what your children will feel successful with. They will receive lots of encouragement. Please sign up for each week separately.

PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE (ZOOM) WITH EVA MCDERMOTT: Are you interested in expanding your photography skills? Sign up for this four-week session program designed to help you build your confidence in creating and capturing great photographic images using a DSLR or advanced mirrorless camera. The class will be hands-on but virtual, so come join us via Zoom and bring an adventurous heart, creative spirit and your camera. Class size will be limited and Atkinson residents have priority.

Week 1 - Getting to know your camera: You will learn about basic camera settings such as ISO, aperture, shutter speed, and what situations are best for using aperture priority, shutter speed priority, and program modes. Other topics that will be covered include controlling depth of field, camera focus modes, use of telephoto, wide angle, and macro lenses / settings, and what affects image quality?

Week 2 - Photographic approach to different subjects will be discussed (people, landscapes, natural abstracts, macro, architecture), as well as Rules of Composition, Breaking the Rules, Visual Design and the Art of Seeing (advice from my favorite photographers).

Week 3 - The Quality of Light: Ambient, Flash, Special Lighting Situations, Light and Shadow Play, Storm Light, Forest Light, Coastal Light, Sunrise, Sunset will be covered. The use of graduated filters to balance the lighting in a scene will be discussed and demonstrated as well as the use of polarizers and neutral density filters, and In Camera Special Effects (motion blur, coated filters).

Week 4 - Processing Basics and resources, RAW vs. JPEG, Black and White, cropping and effect on image quality, special effects, HDR (high dynamic range processing). Enhancing the artistic appeal of your photographs. Presentation of your photographs beyond posting on the web.

Registration is Required: You will receive a private Zoom link and password.

‘IMAGINE YOUR STORY SUMMER READING CLUB’: We bet you didn’t IMAGINE that so much of your school and summer would be virtual!  No worries, we can sprinkle fairy dust into your life as you partner up with your library.

This year we’ll be rolling out events only a few weeks at a time so please keep your eye on the youth summer reading pages.  Those pages are on our website under CHILDREN’S SERVICES or T/WEENS drop-down menu, and new events and programs will be listed there. 

Youth entering middle, high school or college will receive a $5 fine credit just for signing up for summer reading. Use it to pay down your library fines or receive future fine credit.  Registration is rolling throughout June & July. Sign up early for more time to participate and gain more possibilities of being ‘fairy’d’.

FAIRY, FAIRIES, FAIRY’D?? In light of all things magical, each registrant is guaranteed at least one visit from a fairy. We will leave your gift at your front door. Social distance all the way. The more you participate in the Library by checking items out or being in our events/programs the more likely you are to receive multiple visits. We refer to your participation as getting your ‘WINGS’.  More wings, more fairy visits!

Let the magic begin by REGISTERING ASAP!

STAY TUNED: Visit our website, FaceBook page, Twitter account, Youtube or Instagram to learn about more updates and resources to come.  We miss all our face-to-face interactions with our wonderful community, but safe practice says ‘see you online.’  We have upcoming events online as well that you or your children will be able to participate in.  See you there!

MORE INFO: Go to https://kimballlibrary.com to use the data bases and online services. Miss a news article?  Go to https://kimballlibrary.blogspot.com to read each and every one!