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Spotlights
Special things are happening in Maine libraries.
- Chebeague Island Library - July 13, 2009
- The Chebeague Island Library, a welcoming center for the entire Island Community.
- Long Island Community Library - April 28, 2009
- With the move to our new building, the Long Island Community Library has been transformed into a space that attracts flocks of readers and computer users, and an active team of volunteers to staff it daily.
- Peaks Island Library, a Branch of Portland Public Library - March 23, 2009
- Three miles from the Portland peninsula, Peaks Island is the only Maine island that has a branch, Peaks Island Library, of a mainland library system, the Portland Public Library.
- Monhegan Memorial Library - December 31, 2008
- As Monhegan is an island of serious readers, Monhegan Memorial Library has a first rate collection.
- Somesville Library Association - November 12, 2008
- Somesville Library Association - The Little Library by the Millpond
- Jesup Memorial Library - October 01, 2008
- The Jesup Memorial Library has contributed a collection of antique postcards to the Maine Memory Network. They can be accessed on the library’s website.
- Bass Harbor Memorial Library - September 08, 2008
- The Bass Harbor Memorial Library in Bernard has served Tremont, Mount Desert Island, and outer-island residents and visitors since 1922.
- Northeast Harbor Library — Serving the Town of Mount Desert and the Cranberry Isles - July 31, 2008
- The Northeast Harbor Library serves its community with a newly expanded and fully handicapped accessible facility. The library has more of everything…books, videos, DVDs, audio books programs, patron access computers and much more.
- Stephen Phillips Memorial Library, Penobscot Marine Museum - June 28, 2008
- Through specialized collections and research, the Stephen Phillips Memorial Library supports the Penobscot Marine Museum’s mission to preserve, interpret and celebrate the maritime culture of the Penobscot Bay region and beyond.
- Garbrecht Law Library - Serving the Law School Community, the Practicing Bar and the General Public - June 01, 2008
- The Donald L. Garbrecht Law Library contains over 335,000 volumes, including a complete collection of federal and state statutes, law reports, a comprehensive collection of Canadian and British Commonwealth legal resources, and an outstanding collection of legal periodicals. These traditional print resources are complimented by a variety of electronic legal resources, including public access to LexisNexis, Westlaw and HeinOnline.
- Rockland Public Library - Portrait of a Growing Library - April 30, 2008
- Open seven days a week, the Rockland Public Library strives to be a full-service library for its community. The collection of about 50,000 items, housed in a gem of a building and located in a scenic coastal community, attracts customers from all over the country. Over 170,000 people used the library’s services in 2007.
- Wells Reserve Coastal Resource Library - March 30, 2008
- The Coastal Resource Library at Wells Reserve holds a specialized collection of materials focused on the ecology and natural history of the Gulf of Maine. It is located at historic Laudholm Farm in coastal York County, with fields, forests, marshes, and a sand beach just outside the library door.
- The Southwest Harbor Public Library – Open Doors, Open Minds - February 29, 2008
- March is Women’s History Month, and the Women’s History Project (WHP) of the Southwest Harbor Public Library will continue the tradition of presenting exhibits and programs that especially highlight the accomplishments of women. This year’s theme is “Women & The Sea”. The month-long series of events will include an art exhibition, panel discussions, a film viewing, and an ongoing oral history project.
- Gardiner Public Library - February 01, 2008
- Gardiner Public Library provides library services for 6 towns which makes for a busy day but it is more so with renovations underway.
- Maine Regional Library System Celebrates its 35th Anniversary - December 31, 2007
- The Maine Regional Library System has over 1,000 library members. Hospital libraries, school libraries, college libraries, special libraries and public libraries from Kittery to Calais are included in the membership. From tiny island libraries to large urban libraries, all can join the regional system.
- Farmington Public Library - November 29, 2007
- Stenciled ceilings, carved oak, glass floors, book lined walls and a domed rotunda. The Farmington Public Library is as beautiful as a museum,
but it’s friendly staff and modern lobby make it a wonderful hometown library.
- Waterville Senior High School Media Center - November 06, 2007
- “This is better than anything on the Sci-Fi channel” was a student response to Waterville Senior High School’s “Science Through Science Fiction” movie night.
- Fryeburg Public Library - August 29, 2007
- The Fryeburg Public Library is home to a special collection of the works of Hopalong Cassidy author, Clarence Mulford.
- Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library - the Star of the Star City - July 29, 2007
- Today, the Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library has around 4,200 active library card holders and is a vibrant, crucial economic and development force within the community.
- The Bangor Public Library — a Gem to all those in Eastern and Northern Maine - July 09, 2007
- Downeast Magazine in a North by East Column in February 2007 did a short article on the value of Bangor Public Library’s reference staff entitled, "Even Google can’t match a good Maine librarian."
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