As June begins, the New Ipswich Library is preparing for indoor summer activities, including a new program in the process of being implemented.

The library’s annual Ice Cream Social will be held on June 7 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with ice cream provided by Hayward’s of Milford and toppings by Smith’s Blueberries of New Ipswich. Following the social, folk musician and dance caller Dudley Kaufman presents “Contra Dancing in New Hampshire: Then and Now” from 1:30 to 3 p.m. There will be free light refreshments and live fiddle and melodeon music at this event, made available by the Sterns-Burton Lecture Fund and promoted by the Historical Society.

Complementing the July reading program for school children will be one for adults, with reading logs similarly collected and prizes awarded.

Details will soon be made available online for both new and ongoing summer programs. For the youngest patrons who have yet to be issued library cards, Mom and Baby Time runs every Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m., and Toddler Time the first Tuesday of the month, also at 1 p.m.

Preschoolers can take part in Megan Savage’s Story Hour every Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. As snacks are provided, along with hands-on activities, please advise the library in advance if food allergies or other considerations need to be addressed. Older children can join the Lego Group on Monday nights. SPARK Curiosity Labs, an educational program offered by MilliporeSigma of Jaffrey, run from 3 to 4 p.m. every third Thursday of the month, when scientific curiosity is encouraged and all don white lab coats.

Adults are invited to drop in for a game of Scrabble on Monday nights, take part in a crafts circle that meets Tuesday afternoons from 4 to 6 p.m. and read along with the book club that meets the first Wednesday of every month. June’s selection is Tia Williams’s “Seven Days in June.” For readers who’d like to give July a head start, copies of “The God of the Woods” by Liz Moore will be soon be available at the circulation desk.

For anyone who is interested in formatting year-round activities and engaging in fundraising projects, the Friends of the Library group meets in the back room on the last Tuesday of  the month at 6:30 p.m. New Ipswich residents, and New Ipswich residents only, who have time and desire to commit to a three-year term, note that the board of trustees meets at 6:30 p.m. every third Thursday of the month with the exception of August and December. Several seats on the board are now and will soon be available.

The library accepts program suggestions at newipswichlibrary.org.