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Founded by filmmakers, IndieFlix curates the best (or possibly the weirdest, depending on your taste) from worldwide film festivals to make sure indies have an audience. Independent filmmakers have worked hard to create these incredible films—movie lovers deserve to be able to see them! Patrons of the Abbott Library have unlimited access to the IndieFlix streaming library. Thousands of films, including shorts, full-length features and documentaries, available wherever and whenever you have time to watch!

You can build your own movie queue, rate films, and customize your experience. Sign up to receive alerts when your favorite films are added to the site.

Thank you to the Friends of the Abbott Library for supporting this program.

Here’s how to get started:

1. Go to this website: indieflix

2. Click on the blue button labeled “CREATE ACCOUNT”

3. Enter your library card number.

4. Next, enter a valid email address, a password of your choosing and your name.

5. You will receive a confirmation email shortly.

6. Verify your account by clicking on the link provided in the email.

7. Now you can login at https://www.rbdigital.com/abbottlibrarynh/indieflix, finish creating your account and start enjoying the films!

Watch IndieFlix movies on any internet enabled computer, smartphone, or tablet with a web browser! Also available on Roku, xBox, and AppleTV (when played from your Apple device). Be advised that films on IndieFlix have not been rated by the MPAA and may contain offensive language, scenes of violence and sexual situations.

Donate books to the Abbott Library Trustees’ annual book sale, Sat., July 13.

Last summer we raised $2,000 and we hope to top that this year to aid in the construction of the new Abbott Library!

We accept all books, puzzles, CDs and DVDs in good condition. Please, no magazines, pamphlets, educational materials, textbooks, encyclopedias or Reader’s Digest Condensed books.

Books can be dropped off at the library during business hours.
Call the front desk at 763-5513 for assistance.

Our library Lock In Read-a-thon is this Saturday. This fundraiser is being done by the young readers in our community. Students in grades 1 through 12 are signing up and getting pledges to read in the library on Saturday May 18th from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Please support these students! Sponsor a student or stop by the library and make a general donation to the event.

Friends of the Abbott Library present the ANNUAL SPRING PLANT SALE!
May 18th – 9:00 AM-1:00 PM on the library’s front lawn.

Handouts and assistance provided by Sullivan County Master Gardeners and Sunapee Gardeners

Many beautiful annuals provided by Kathan Gardens, Newport, NH.

Notice of Public Hearing: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Town Hall Meeting Room
23 Edgemont Road

The Abbott Library Trustees will hold a Public Hearing Pursuant to RSA 202-A:4-c – Trustees’ Authority to Accept and Expend Gifts

7:00 p.m. To accept the gift of funds from the Abbott Library Foundation

7:10 p.m. To accept the additional Gift from the Coffin Estate

Click on the links below for lists of new materials that have been purchased by the library this month. You can subscribe to these lists and they will automatically be emailed to you when they are published. Other categories will be added as the month goes on. The lists will also be posted to the new materials link on our web page.

Adult Audio Books May 3, 2013
Large Print May 3, 2013
Young Adult May 3, 2013
Children’s Materials May 3, 2013
Fiction May 17, 2013
Non-Fiction May 17, 2013
Children’s Materials May 17, 2013
DVDs May 17, 2013

Take the first steps to lowering your electric bills and making a smaller carbon footprint. With your library card you can check out a KILL A WATT ENERGY DETECTOR. Plug in your devices and appliances into the KILL A WATT ENERGY DETECTOR and find out exactly how much electricity each device or appliance is using.

THURSDAYS – 10:00 AM
For preschool aged children and their caregivers.
Drop in and join Miss Joyce for entertaining stories and fun craft projects.
No sign up necessary!

On Tuesday, March 12, Sunapee voters voted on many important items, including Article 11: the town portion of funding for the new, Abbott Library.

Any public bond measure requires “yes” votes equaling 60% of the votes cast on the article. Article 11 passed.

On behalf of the trustees, a “thank you” to Sunapee voters; we appreciate your support of the new library.

What are the next steps?

* The Abbott Library Foundation is working diligently to raise the remaining $400,000 of the private funds needed to contribute to the project.

* The architect and construction manager are now working on construction documents.

* We estimate that construction of the new library will begin by the summer of this year with an anticipated occupancy of 2014.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my fellow Trustees, the Abbott Library Foundation Board, the Friends of the Abbott Library and the staff of the Abbott Library. You have all worked “above and beyond” over the last 2 ½ years that we have worked together on this project.

Soon, we will have a new library of which we can all be proud and a facility which will serve current and future generations of Abbott Library Patrons.

Terri Jillson White, Chair – Abbott Library Trustees

Thank you!

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Thanks to support by the Friends of the Abbott Library we are proud to offer Little Pim.(powered by Mango Languages)

Little Pim, an award winning multimedia company, introduces children to foreign language in a way they can understand and enjoy. Accessible and engaging for young children, the method incorporates words and themes that are relevant to the child’s daily life, and research shows that early language learning enhances verbal development, social and cognitive skills.

Each course includes:
• Little Pim’s Entertainment Immersion Method™ combining animation and video.
• Created by Julia Pimsleur Levine, award-winning filmmaker, educator and mother of two.
• Teaches 180 kid-friendly words and phrases per course (60 per session)
• Memory building exercises that are fun and engaging for kids

Click on the Mango logo on the left and then enter your library number. Select one of the languages below and start the Little Pim Module. Or just add the app to your mobile device. Search for “Mango” in the app store.

*SPANISH*FRENCH*ITALIAN*HEBREW*JAPANESE*ARABIC*GERMAN*MANDARIN CHINESE*RUSSIAN *

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January 15, 2013 Trustee Meeting
January 15, 2013 Draft Minutes
January 15, 2013 Approved Minutes

Enjoy this video about our library! Thanks to Meredith Danko for her editing work!

We had a great response to our first Knitting Group and will be continuing to meet for the next 6 weeks. Join us on Mondays at 6:30 PM. Bring any fiber project you are working on – knitting, crocheting, spinning, etc.

Monday, February 11 – 6:30 PM-8:00 PM
Bring any fiber project that you are working on –
knitting, crocheting, spinning, etc.
It will be an evening of creativity and comraderie!
All levels of experience welcome.

Boopsie is fun to say and it is a great app for your mobile device. With this app you can search our catalog, look at your library account, see what’s happening at the library, learn about our newest materials, scan the ISBN on a book and check it against our catalog, plus more. Just find it in the App Store by searching for “Abbott Public Library.”

Did you get an eReader, Kindle or MP3 Player this holiday season? The library offers several options for FREE downloads.

These links are always on our home page but we’d like to highlight them here. You will need your library card number and pin number.

For eBooks & downloadable audiobooks visit nh.lib.overdrive.com
(For assistance in getting started, click on the “HELP” tab at the top.)

Also, for additional (always available!) eBooks go to abbott.freading.com

For downloadable music go to https://abbott.freegalmusic.com/users/sdlogin

Happy Reading & Happy Listening!

October 22, 2012

TO:     Abbott Library Patrons and Sunapee Residents
FROM: Terri Jillson White, Chair – Abbott Library Trustees
RE:      New Director – Abbott Library

The Abbott Library Trustees are pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Danko to the position of Director of the Abbott Library.

Mary is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received her Master of Science in Library and Information Science from Syracuse University. Mary joins us after serving as the Director of the Hartland, Vermont Public Library.

In addition to her work as Director of the Hartland, VT library, Mary has served as a workshop and Webinar Presenter for eVermont, a program panelist for the New England Library Association Conference, served on the Vermont Library Association Conference Committee, Children’s Librarians of New Hampshire Conference Presenter, Vermont Library Association Conference Volunteer, New England Library Leadership Symposium and served as a workshop presenter to the Vermont Summer Reading Program. She also serves as a Board Member and President of the Green Mountain Library Consortium.

Mary will assume her full-time responsibilities as of December 1, 2012.

Join us in welcoming Mary to her new position and to our community!

Announcement – New Director – Abbott Library

The library’s Museum pass program has been renewed again this year thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Abbott Library. The library is now offering seven passes to the following intstitutions: Currier Art Museum, The Fells, Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Seacoast Science Center, See Science Center and the Vermont Institute of Science (VINS). As always the passes can be reserved up to 60 days in advance using our pass reservation system located on our website. The passes offer either free admission or reduced admission. Please take advantage of this great program.

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The Abbott Library is pleased to announce that e-books for Kindles are now available through the NH Downloadable Consortium from Overdrive. If you own a Kindle you can visit the downloadable site and check out a library e-book for a 14 day loan period using your Abbott library card.

Click Here to access the NH Downloadable Website.

An instructional video from Overdrive on how to download a e-book for Kindle is also available on You Tube- click here to view the video

Please contact the library if you have any questions.

March 6, 2013 Trustee Meeting
March 6, 2013 Draft Minutes
March 6, 2013 Approved Minutes

March 26, 2013 Trustee Meeting
March 26, 2013 Draft Minute
March 26, 2013 Approved Minutes

February 19, 2013 Trustee Meeting
February 19, 2013 Draft Minutes
February 19, 2013 Approved Minutes