A Message from the Nichols Library Board of Trustees on Reopening the Library.
As you may have heard, the Governor recently announced that libraries, among other services and businesses, may reopen on June 15th. What you may not know is that the Governors’ Economic Reopening Task Force has issued guidelines specific for libraries. We ask for your continued patience and understanding as we begin to implement these guidelines [continue reading].Curbside Circulation.
We are now taking requests and putting them outside for you to pick up. You can get your loans between 10am and 2pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday [continue reading].
Browsing our Catalog
See our tips for browsing the catalog online under the Resources menu/Library Catalog.
NL Wish List.
Help out your library and a local business by adopting a book from our wish list at Bayswater Books.
Our Nichols Online Library
NHDB offers downloadable eBooks, audios, and magazines. Hoopla offers streaming audio, eBooks, comics, movies, and music. Kanopy Video offers access to over 30,000 films. Tumblebooks streams stories for kids and teens. You will need your library card number to register; contact us if you do not know your card number.
Register for a library card
To signup for a library card, register here.
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Latest information on COVID-19 from New Hampshire’s Dept of Health & Human Services.
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35 Plymouth Street, Center Harbor NH 03226-1339
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Our regular hours have been suspended due to the pandemic state of emergency declared by the Governor.-
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"No place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest." Lady Bird Johnson
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Check-ins: patience, please
Returned books and CDs are quarantined in for 72 hours before being checked in. That means they will be charged out on your account for several days after you actually returned them. Be assured we havent lost your books, you … Continue reading
Curbside Request Time!
We are taking book, CD and DVD requests for Wedesday, 8/12. Among other things, we have new Books on Tape@ (CDs, actually) by Dave Baldacci, Joanthan Kellerman, John Sandford and Daniel Silva. Place holds on your account in the catalog, send … Continue reading
Music Minute: John Simon (The Band)
SImon (8/11) produced and played horns on The Band’s first two albums. He helped craft the rootsy sound that made them stand out from the heavy rock of the day. On Unfaithful Servant, John (horn) and Garth Hudson (soprono sax) … Continue reading
Evening out with Billie Holiday
One of jazz’s great vocal stylists. Enjoy. For more, watch Ken Burn’s Jazz: Pure Pleasure on Kanopy.
New Books/Taking Requests
We are taking book, CD and DVD requests for Friday, 8/7. On hand are new stories by Daniel Sliva, Brit Bennett, Jennh Coglan, Brad Meltzer, Courtney Sullivan and Stuart Woods. Place holds on your account in the catalog, send an email … Continue reading
Evening out with Louis Armstrong
A birthday memory of jazz’s first great soloist. Read his life (available for curbside) or watch The Gift from Ken Burn’s Jzz on Kanopy.
WiFi outage/Connection Restored
The library’s WiFi sever was down from late yesterday afternoon until 1pm today. We hope no one was seriously inconvenienced while we were offline. We are still taking requests for Wednesday curbside pickup.
Browsing our Catalog
Not sure what to borrow? See our tips for browsing the catalog online under the Resources menu/Library Catalog. To see our latest holdings, view the What’s New and What’s Hot lists as they scroll across the catalog home page. Use the … Continue reading
Music Minute: Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield (7/28/43) was there when Bob Dylan went electric. He was also the driving wheel of the Butterfield Blues Band and numerous other groups. Here’s three flavors of Mike at work: backing Dylan on Like a Rolling Stone, with … Continue reading
New Books! Taking Requests!
We are taking book, CD and DVD requests for Friday, July 24th. On hand are new stories by Grisham, Sandford, Michael Connelly (on hold), Elin Hilderbrand (on hold), Jeff Shaara, Emily Giffin, Nora Roberts and Harlan Coben. Place holds on your account … Continue reading
