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Brewing A Truly Local Beer Wednesday May 16th

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Join us as we welcome Nicole Carrier of Throwback Brewery during American Craft Beer Week, May 14th-20th 2012 for this timely discussion of a locally produced and sourced (and outstanding) craft beer.  Today’s consumers are increasingly interested about knowing where their food comes from. But what about knowing where your beer comes from? In this session, Nicole Carrier – Rye resident and owner of North Hampton-based Throwback Brewery – will discuss the process of crafting a truly local beer (from malting through distribution), as well as some of the challenges and opportunities. The session will conclude with a

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Have you downloaded your music this week?

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As a member of the Rye Public Library, you can download three mp3′s each week from our Freegal music service!  Don’t miss out on this great part of your RPL membership.  Choose from thousands of songs and artists, then just click “download now”  You can then transfer the songs to all your devices– they’re yours.  Just click the icon in this post to start downloading.  You’ll need your library card number as the sign in.  Call us if you need to make sure of your number or take care of any outstanding fees on your card to begin.   Enjoy!Continue reading Have you downloaded your music this week?

Sign in and see more!

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When you begin browsing  New Hampshire Downloadable Books for your e-reader, go ahead and sign in right away.  Rye Public Library provides added content as an Advantage member of the Overdrive group which brings us the NHDB technology.  That means we scan monthly to see where there are waiting lists and acquire MORE of those titles for OUR patrons.  As a Rye Public Library member, you will see MORE AVAILABLE COPIEs when you sign in to NHDB than other users.  So, sign in early and see the real quantities available to you.  If you need help getting started with the

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Drawing Together Sketchbook Group

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Join Drawing Together our sketchbook group facilitated by Rye artisit Merren Garland.  This group meets weekly on Tuesday mornings from 10am-11am.   Enjoy learning fun, simple drawing techniques which may surprise you as new paths of perception open and enhance the way you see your world.  Simple accessible techniques will be learned that will give you a vocabulary to interpret and capture your world, to enrich and remember your experience.

No special art supplies – with paper and a marking implement you are on your way!

You will learn at your own pace, with plenty of encouragement

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Statistical Highlights

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Click here for a recap of some of our outstanding statistics for last year!  Stats Highlights

Have you downloaded your music this week?

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As a member of the Rye Public Library, you can download three mp3′s each week from our Freegal music service!  Don’t miss out on this great part of your RPL membership.  Choose from thousands of songs and artists, then just click “download now”  You can then transfer the songs to all your devices– they’re yours.  Just click the icon in this post to start downloading.  You’ll need your library card number as the sign in.  Call us if you need to make sure of your number or take care of any outstanding fees on your card to begin.   Enjoy!Continue reading Have you downloaded your music this week?

Device Advice Sessions

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New in 2012 is our Friday morning  session called Device Advice.    Are you ready to get started using your new e-reader? Ready to learn about downloading content for your e-reader from the Library?   Come in  on Fridays from 10-11am for help  and coaching on the public library e-content download process!

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Computer Tutor Sessions

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Want some specific assistance? Monday morning from 9:30 to 11:00 is Computer Tutor time.  Are you having trouble getting past one particular hurdle? Are you just getting started with computers and need a helping hand? Spend up to 30 minutes with the Technology Librarian on a specific problem or need-to-know issue in Word, Excel, Publisher, Powerpoint, email, downloadable audiobooks, scanning, going wireless, using the printer, doing research, using the Library’s databases, and anything else that’s on your mind. These are not classes, but group and one-on-one sessions about specific questions regarding specific applications, operating system functions, or Web services. You

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Law Depot is now available to RPL Members!

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LawDepot™, the leading publisher of do-it-yourself legal documents and templates is now available to Rye Public Library Members . With over 10 years experience, LawDepot has drafted over one million contracts and has helped their clients save half a billion dollars in legal fees.

You’ll need your library card number, then just click on the logo above to begin!

Features of LawDepot:

-  1000’s of legal forms that can be accessed remotely from Rye Public Library via an online service -  Available for all 50 states (and Canada) -  A unique interview process with step-by-step form creation

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Rye Public Library Military Book Group

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The Rye Public Library Military Book Group meets at the Library on the first Thursday of every month at 6:30 PM, and is open to any and all who are interested in all things military.

 

Click here for the current month’s book  selection

Click here for archive list of Rye Public Library Military Book Group’s previous titles

 

Military Book group for June 2012

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   The Rye Public Library Military Book Group has chosen And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II by Evelyn Monahan & Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee as the title for their June 7th discussion.

   In World War II, 59,000 women voluntarily risked their lives for their country as U.S. Army nurses. When the war began, some of them had so little idea of what to expect that they packed party dresses; but the reality of service quickly caught up with them, whether they waded through the water in the historic landings on North African and Normandy

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