Historic School House Summer Library

About Deering Public Library

The petition to the Senate and House of Representatives in Portsmouth to incorporate a library in Deering was granted on 6 December 1797.

"To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives in general Court at Portsmouth November 1797 Humbly sheweth [sic], That Robert Alcock Thomas Merrill Thomas Aiken William Forsaith James Sherrier and others their Associates Inhabitants of Deering have purchased a number of Books, for the purpose of a social Library in said Town, but finding it necessary to be Incorporated, in order to realize the advantages thereby Intended, by purchasing books in common, your petitioners therefore pray that they may be Incorporated with such priviledges [sic] as are usually granted in such cases, and they as in duty bound will ever pray
Robert Alcock for himself and Associates"

The Deering Library's Mission is to create a vibrant community center that inspires curiosity, personal growth and opportunities for life-long learning.



To view our policies, agendas and the minutes of trustee meetings please visit the library, or use the link to the Town of Deering website.



Deering Public Library is located in Southwest New Hampshire's glorious Monadnock Region. Deering is a quintessential New England town with a white clapboard church, a town hall at its center and a population of approximately 1800 people. The library is located year round on the second floor of the town hall. Our seasonal school house library is open during the summer.

IF I ONLY HAD A BOOK!

The Deering Library does have quite a few books, and if you have followed this so-called blog at all you will see that over the past year we have added a goodly number. I am very pleased to see that use of the library has increased during this year and even a few long-charged books are back on the shelf. Our honor system of checking out books works well. The system is simple: take the card out of the book, write the date you take the book in the left hand column and your name (or number) in the right hand column. If you prefer not to use your name, contact Gary Samuels and he can assign you a number, but we need to have your contact information. The information is kept private; never shared. it is not kept in any on-line storage system such as a Cloud -- or whatever.

So, what's the problem?  Well, the problem is that while our honor system works pretty well, it is not perfect. A few adult fiction books that we bought this year, and at least one child's book, have gone missing. I suspect that whoever has them simply forgot to fill out the card and drop it in the  box.  Actually quite a number of books that have been checked out over recent years that seem not to have been returned. Of course, the old books could be on the shelves as I have not taken the cards in hand and looked for them. The newer ones I mention above are definitely gone.  Please, if you have any library books, return them in a reasonable time -- say, two weeks? -- so that others can enjoy them.Thanks!