North Hampton Public Library

The mission of the North Hampton Public Library is to provide library resources and services to meet the evolving educational, cultural, informational and recreational needs of the community of North Hampton.

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NHPL UPDATE

The North Hampton Public Library will be closed Saturday, January 28.

We will open back up on Monday, January 30 at 10am. The children’s area, youth area, Craig Room and New Hampshire Room remain closed. 

There will be no pc’s for internet surfing however we will have one up and running to check email (15 minute time limit) and one to check the library catalog. Adult fiction and non-fiction books are accessible as are dvd’s. Please be aware of the ongoing work in reconstructing the library.

Two’s Time and After School Story times for next week have been cancelled.

Rye Public Library and Wiggin Memorial Library (Stratham) have graciously offered their library services to North Hampton patrons in good standing. This is a limited checkout—5 adult books and 10 children’s for patrons in good standing.

Check back here for updated information or follow us on Twitter! @Lizatnhpl or @NHPLIB.

 


 


Calla Simone

At the North Hampton Public Library on January 31 from 7:00-8:00: Learn how to create your own personalized beauty regimen with essential beauty tips shown on live models by local author Calla Simone, who wrote the newly published “The Making of Beauty: A Personalized Guide to Skin Care & Make-up Application.”

Did you know?

You can check out a Nook, Kindle or Kobo eReader from the Library? Read a book already downloaded to the device or use Overdrive as a patron of the North Hampton Public Library and download your own?

Documentary Film Series

Our next Documentary (date to be determined) will be “Forks over Knives”.  It is a film about how food affects degenerative disease. We are showing the film with the North Hampton Agricultural Commission. Come and share a local snack and drink while viewing the film.
Check these other documentaries we’ve shown:

“Under Our Skin” : takes viewers on a journey beneath the surface of one of the least understood diseases of our time – Lyme disease.  “Tapped” : a “must see” for anyone who drinks bottled water. 
“Vanishing Bees.”
You can check any of these dvd’s out from the library.

Online Newsstand

Browse through select online magazines. The online magazines are available for patrons of the North Hampton Public Library! Click the Online Newsstand link and you’ll be directed to the online newsstand. Away from the Library, you’ll need your 14 digit library card number to gain access.

Museum Passes Available

The North Hampton Public Library has museum passes available for free or reduced admission. Check one out today!

NoveList

With so many choices, wondering what to read next? NoveList will help you to find your next book to read! Browse this readers’ advisory database of over 150,000 fiction titles. Search using author, title, genre and more. Use the “author read-alikes”!

Municipal Complex

Interested in the new designs proposed for the Town’s Municipal Complex? Watch this informative video for an Overview of the Master Planning Process for the Redevelopment of the North Hampton Municipal Complex.

Town of North Hampton on Vimeo.

North Hampton Public Library Book Group

The NHPL book group meets on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 2 pm. February 9 we’ll be discussing Room by Emma Donoghue.  New members are welcome and encouraged to attend!

Do you have something to share?

The North Hampton Public Library is looking for people with special talents and skills they can share with the community in a workshop, class, or other setting. If you have a special skill or talent, please contact Susan Grant, the library director at nhpl@nhplib.org, or call 964-6326.

What else is going on at your library?

Did you know that the North Hampton Public Library  has a number of museum passes available for you to borrow offering discounted or free admission? For more information check this link: Museum Passes

Audio books and eBooks are available for free! Click here Overdrive Downloadable Audio & e Books


:roll: What’s going on over at the children’s page?

Let’s go to the kids page!