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Two Skills Workshops for Job Seekers

madisonlibrary — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:05:58 +0000

Online Resources for Job Seekers: Friday, February 3 at 11 am

At this workshop, Library Director Mary Cronin will cover recommended job posting websites, online job search strategies and other resources for job seekers. Discussion will include a tour of Career Cruising, an online resource that is available to members of the Madison Library and several other area libraries. Career Cruising walks each user through a personal inventory of work experience, skills and interests. Using the results, it then identifies steps to take towards career goals, including places to find training. Also included are industry-specific templates for cover letters and resumes, interviews, and other resources. Users can create an online portfolio in Career Cruising of personalized career information. Printed handouts with instructions for using Career Cruising, plus a list of websites covered at the workshop and recommended books for job seekers will be available at the workshop. Training for using the library’s computers for job searches is available by appointment.

Make an Impression at Job Interviews: Friday, February 10 at 11 am

At this workshop, local businessman Scott Birth, who has experience as a hiring manager, will cover the nuts and bolts of job interviews. Learn tips and strategies for making a good presentation to a prospective employer, remembering that most interviews start with the first contact from a prospective employer. A take-home sheet with tips for preparing for an interview, the interview itself, and post-interview follow-up will be available at the workshop.

To register for either or both of the job seekers workshops, please contact the Madison Library at 367-8545. There is no charge for the workshops, which will be held in the Chick Room at the Madison Library.

Ladybug Read-Aloud

madisonlibrary — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:11:28 +0000

Join us for a family program on Saturday, November 19 at 10 am. We’ll read aloud the 10 books nominated for the NH Center for the Book’s Ladybug Picture Book Award. Partway through reading, we’ll take a break to make a yummy ladybug snack. When all the books are read, children in preschool up to grade 3 can vote for their favorite book. The votes will be counted along with votes from children across New Hampshire, and the winning book will be announced in December.

If you’d like to help out by reading some of the books aloud, contact Mary Cronin at the library.

See a preview of the ten titles nominated for the Ladybug Award on the NH Center for the Book’s Book Notes blog.

Library resources for job seekers

madisonlibrary — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:41:51 +0000

Representatives from area libraries, including our own Madison Library, will be at the MWV Job & Resource Fair from 10 am to 2 pm on Wednesday, October 19 at Granite State College in Conway. We will share some of the resources available at libraries to help local job seekers.

At Madison Library, these include:

Career Cruising, an online career guidance and planning tool (please ask us about this, it’s loaded with features, call or stop in for password)
Books, ebooks, and audiobooks on writing resumes and cover letters, preparing for job interviews, starting your own business, and more
Information about NH businesses and industries
One-on-one (by appointment) computer help
Starting October 21 a Job Seekers Networking and Support Group will meet on Fridays at 10 am in the library’s Chick Room meeting room. Meet with other job seekers, share tips, stories. Free coffee. We’re looking to bring in community resource persons that can answer or provide guidance on job search topics at some of the meetings.

Learn more about the Mayan Calendar

madisonlibrary — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:29:01 +0000

The Friends of Madison Library are hosting a topical NH Humanities Council program on Thursday, October 13. R.P. Hale will present “The 2012 Fraud: Misreading the Maya and Their Calendars” in the library’s Chick Room at 7 pm. All are welcome and refreshments will follow the presentation.

Program description:

How many Ends of the World have you lived through so far? The hysteria surrounding 2012 turns out to be the usual fraud and misrepresentation aimed at separating you from your money, and based on falsehoods about the Maya Calendars. Explore the history of the Apocalypse — mankind’s second oldest story — along with what the Maya Calendars are and how they work. Then, take a look at what the frauds and fearmongers say and “debunk” them yourselves. R.P. Hale, of Aztec heritage himself, presents a fully illustrated and participatory program with a surprising conclusion.

R.P. Hale took his BS in Organic Chemistry at the University of Arizona. He is an interdisciplinary artist, craftsman, musician and historian. He is a senior astronomy education staffer with the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord. He is a concert harpsichordist and was recognized by the Smithsonian Institute as one of this country’s top harpsichord makers.

JP Goodwin, artist for September and October

madisonlibrary — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:04:38 +0000

We’re starting the fall with a new art show on display in the Chick Room, with paintings by Madison resident JP Goodwin, many are landscapes featuring interesting old barns and houses (see how many you can recognize!) For more information about the show, see our Art Show page. The show will be open during library hours, except for a few occasions when there’s another event taking place in the meeting room.

Reflecting on 9/11

madisonlibrary — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:09:42 +0000

Sunday, September 11 will be the somber anniversary and reminder of the terrorist attacks that took place ten years ago. The Madison Library will host a community gathering and open discussion from 2 to 4 pm on September 11 in the library’s Chick Room. This will be a time to reflect on the day with other community members, to connect in person instead of through media channels.

The library has a variety of books on 9/11 and related topics, from before, right after, and ten years later. These books will be ondisplay for the month of September.

4th Annual Old Home Week Photo Contest

madisonlibrary — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:53:53 +0000

The results are in for this year’s Madison Library Old Home Week Photo Contest and Show. This year’s theme was “wild life” and all photos had to be taken in Madison.

Judges from the North Country Camera Club, Dave Holt, Jim Barrie, and Karl Pfeil, deliberated, discussed, and chose these photographs:

1st prize: “Backyard Bandit” by Clifford Graves
2nd prize: “Sneak Landing” by Patricia Jean
3rd prize: “Harry Polyphemus” by Joe Martin
Honorable Mention: “Handsome Prince” by John Filson

1st prize, youth: “Snail” by Zach Grzesik
Honorable Mention, youth: “Toadily Wild” by Sara Elsemore

People’s Choice Award goes to Clifford Graves for his photo “Curiosity.” Visitors at this year’s show cast votes for their favorite photo to determine this award. This photo will appear on next year’s town report.

A big thank you to all of the photographers who entered, the 28 entries certainly showed how “wild” Madison can be.

Prizes for the show were donated by Spectrum Photo in North Conway. To see more of this year’s show, check out our flickr photostream.

E. E. Cummings, summer neighbor

madisonlibrary — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:46:50 +0000

Dr. George Baker will make an Old Home Week presentation of his program “E.E. Cummings: A Selected Biography of a North Division Neighbor” on Saturday, August 13 at 3 pm in the library’s Chick Room. This event is sponsored by the Friends of Madison Library and the Madison Historical Society.

Interesting note from Catherine Reef’s biography of Cummings: “Then as now, because Cummings followed his own rules of capitalization, many people wrongly thought that he never capitalized anything, including his name. It was has become so common to see ‘e.e. cummings’ in books that readers often think this is what the author favored. When it came to his name, however, Cummings followed tradition and preferred E.E. Cummings.”

Want to learn more about Cummings? You can find Reef’s book and other Cummings bios, poetry, and his novel, The Enormous Room at the Madison Library.

Old Home Week Photo Show open

madisonlibrary — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:00:16 +0000

Be sure to take time this week to stop in and see the photos on display for the 4th annual Madison Library Old Home Week Photo Contest and Show. The theme for this year is “wild life” and all of the photos in the show were taken in Madison. There are 23 entries, all of which are eligible for your vote for People’s Choice Award. The People’s Choice winning photo will be featured in next year’s Town Report. Judges from the North Country Camera Club will decide 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes. Awards will be presented on Sunday, August 14 at 1 pm.

We’re hoping that someone can tell us if all the bear photos are of the same bear.

Summer Reading Program wraps up

madisonlibrary — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:30:20 +0000

Our plans for having our Summer Reading Program Wrap-up Party at the beach were foiled by the damp weather, so we gathered in the library’s meeting room for prizes and cake. Each child who completed the program got a gift certificate prize, all of which were donated by generous local businesses. In addition, the children who came to the party today were able to choose a book or stuffed animal to keep. Sunny Macmillan donated some new Arthur books and Carol Felice donated a whole flock of Audubon stuffed animals, mostly seagulls, which was a lot of fun after the kids figured out that they made noise when you squeezed them. We may not have been at the beach today, but it sure sounded like it!

In all, we had 28 children, 2 teens, and 9 adults complete our Summer reading Program, with a total of 45,569 minutes read by the kids (more than 4 hours per week per child on average) plus 71 books read by the teens and adults. If you didn’t come to today’s event, but did hand in a reading log (kids) or submit book reviews (teens and adults), be sure to stop at the library to pick up your prize as soon as possible.

When you’re out and about, be sure to thank our business sponsors: