The library moved to another available space during construction. Library Director Denise Burnett told H. Thomas Cannon of the Portales News- Tribune that the grand opening will probably be held in September after finishing touches and additional funiture is in place. The New Mexico Book Association chose 20 small libraries to benefit from the Small Libraries program this month by sending each of them a box of new books from publishers who belong to the Association. Mailings have been made to the first ten on the list, and as more books come in NMBA will send them to the rest of the libraries. The recipients are Abiquiu Public Library, Moise Memorial Library in Santa Rosa, Valley Community Library in Anthony, Capitan Public Library, Eleanor Daggett Library in Chama, Michael Nivison Library in Cloudcroft, Cochiti Lake Library, Columbus Village Library, El Rito Public Library, Jicarilla Library, Cuba Community Library, Embudo Valley Library, Edgewood Community Library, Glenwood Community Library, Mother Whiteside Library in Grants, Hatch Public Library, Magdalena Public Library, Red River Public Library, Fred Macaron Library in Springer, and Tatum Community Library.
NMBA membership is open to all who are involved with books in New Mexico.
Contact NMBA, P.O. Box 1285, Santa Fe, NM 87504. After 20 years as the Director of the Truth or Consequences Public Library, Ellanie Sampson will retire in September. She received her MLS from the University of Oklahoma in 1975 and was the administrator for the Northeast Missouri Library Service in Kahoka before coming to New Mexico. Ellanie is well known in the New Mexico library community and was President of the New Mexico Library Association for the 1998-99 term. The branch has recently added two Gates computers with one of them in Spanish.