Patron Picks for Summer « Kensington Public Library

Patron Picks for Summer

Here’s what some of our patrons have to say about the books they’re reading this summer:

Title: In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick

Reviewer: “…a good, true story of scary, challenging historical events at sea. I enjoyed reading it.”

Title:Thin Rich Pretty by Beth Harbison

Reviewer: “Light fun beach book. ”

Title:The Girl who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

Reviewer: “Light and airy! Perfect book for a warm summer evening.”

These readers have been entered into our “Water Your Mind–READ” summer reading program prize drawing just for giving us their book reviews! You can have a chance to win too. Pick up a review slip at the library when you check out your next book. You might win a gift certificate from the Blue Moon Market & Cafe of Exeter.

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Library Value Calculator

Libraries throughout the state of New Hampshire offer a variety of entertainment and educational materials to taxpayers at a very economical rate.

The average New Hampshire taxpayer contributes about $26 in taxes per year to fund public libraries and their services.1 But how much would they need to pay out-of-pocket if they purchased their books, movies and other library services in stores?

Use our calculator to find out!

Enter in the left hand column the number of times per month you and your family use each service.
The estimated retail value of each service will be calculated on the right.
The total value of their library use is shown at the bottom of the worksheet.
Tip: Tab between entries and do not use commas.

**Value of Library Services**
Services Used	Library Services	Value of Services
	Books Borrowed	$
	Magazines Borrowed	$
	Movies Borrowed	$
	Audiobooks Borrowed	$
	Museum Passes Borrowed (per person)	$
	Magazine Use in Library	$
	Interlibrary Loan Materials	$
	Meeting Room Use per Hour	$
	Adult Programs Attended (per person)	$
	Children's Programs Attended (per person)	$
	Hours of Computer Use (i.e. Internet, MS Word, etc.)	$
	Newspaper Articles Viewed Online	$
	EBSCO Database Searching (number of months used)	$
	Reference Questions Asked	$

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The NH Library Use Calculator is based on the spreadsheet developed by the Massachusetts Library Association and adapted for web use by the Maine State Library, the Chelmsford Public Library and the Chelsey Memorial Library.

Find out how we calculated these figures.

Footnote #1: This figure comes from the 2006 New Hampshire Public Library Annual Report. As soon as the 2007 report is released, we will update this figure.

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