The library invites you to Cookie Break on Wednesday, May 14th at 2pm! Please join us at Dimond Library and all the branches to enjoy a study break with home-baked cookies, coffee, and water.

Cookie Break is sponsored by UNH Library faculty and staff, Computing and Information Services, and the Parents Association.

National Public Radio has recently produced a story about libraries’ decisions to digitize their collections, whether through corporate sponsors like Google or non-profit organizations like the Internet Archive.

As a member of the Boston Library Consortium, the University of New Hampshire Library is participating in the Internet Archive’s Open Content Alliance (OCA) book digitization project by contributing public domain materials from its collection. Since scanning began in January, the Library has contributed more than 126,454 pages to the OCA Northeast Regional Scanning Center at the Boston Public Library.

For more information, see our Digital Collections.

The library is happy to announce a new web exhibit entitled “Investing in Diversity at UNH: The Turbulent Years, 1968-1972.”

The exhibit chronicles the beginnings of conscious inclusion of diversity in the community and curriculum at UNH from 1968-1972. It is a virtual extension of a display created by the library last year. Included in the exhibit is Mrs. Myrna Adams, UNH’s first black administrator, who will be the keynote speaker at the UNH Diversity Banquet on May 3.

The exhibit was created by Jody Fernald, Amie Familgetti, and Jennifer Carroll.

The exhibit creators thank Mylinda Woodward, Rob Wolff, and Meredith Ricker for their assistance. We also thank Elizabeth Slomba for hosting us on the Archives webpage.

The library is now hiring students for summer.

Our starting rate is $7.00 an hour. We typically offer raises to students who return to work for us each academic year.

Successful candidates should:

• Be eligible for the Federal Work/Study program
• Have settled your schedule for the semester
• Have Library or related experience (retail, office, bookstore, or food service)
• Pay close attention to detail
• Deal effectively and courteously with the public
• Be able to lift, reach, grasp, kneel, climb on step stools, bend, and push/pull possible heavy (up to 325lbs) book carts to move items around the various library buildings
• Complete all four pages of the application thoroughly and accurately.

The UNH Library has positions for student employment in various departments within the library. In addition to Dimond, the Main Library, there are four branch libraries located on campus and a Library storage building located on the outskirts of campus.

Fill out an online application, or find out more.

This coming weekend, the Chemistry and the Engineering, Math, and Computer Science Libraries will open early in conjunction with the CEPS Open House. Both branches will be open from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, April 19.

The Chemistry Library is in Parsons Hall, Iddles Wing. The Engineering, Math & Computer Science Library is in Kingsbury S236.

For more information, see the UNH Library hours.