Liberty Library

Library closed Mon. April 21st for Patriot’s Day

Monday 12:00-7:00
Tuesday 10:00-4:00
Wednesday 10:00-4:00.
Thursday 10:00-4:00. 
Friday 10:00-4:00

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Crafters – Thursdays 10:30am

Story Time – Fridays 10:30am

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See the Circulation and Borrowing Policy for other membership information.

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April is National Poetry Month

Sorry Doesn’t Make It Okay

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“Grab a plate and throw it on the ground.”
–Ok, Done.

.“Did it break?”
–Yes.

.“Now say sorry to it.”
–Sorry.

.“Did it go back to the way it was before?”
–No, it didn’t.”

.“Do you understand?”

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― Unknown

Tues, April 22, 6:30pm

Cathy Rees, from Native Gardens of Blue Hill, and Julie Beckford, from Rebel Hill Farm, will present the film, The Buzz on Native Plants, which explores the relationship between native plants and pollinators and how they can benefit local ecosystems in our ever changing climate.

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Be inspired by these passionate Maine residents who are making a difference in how climate change is affecting our communities. See how a few small acts of planting with native plants can make a huge difference in flooding, erosion, drought, and wildlife. And what kind of difference we can make in our own backyards.

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After viewing the film, Cathy and Julie will lead a discussion and answer your questions.

Liberty Library is working with the National Digital Equity Center (NDEC) and Waldo Broadband Corporation to offer free digital literacy classes for our community. These classes are in-person.

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There are no classes scheduled at this time. See the list of available onsite classes at NDEC, and let me know if you would like me to schedule one and if you have a preferred day and time.

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Register here.  Click on the “Reserve your spot” button. You can also email or call 207-589-3161. (Wednesday or Friday afternoons are best.) Please register as early as possible as classes are limited. If you do not receive a registration confirmation email, please contact the library.

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Online interactive classes are also available from NDEC here.

Simon Beckford is displaying photographs at the library during March and April. This exhibit explores the magical and mysterious in the world around us, with a selection of photos taken over the last five years. Photography is a way for Simon to play with different ways of seeing.

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Wednesday, June 11at 6:30pm (Several people could not attend in May so we will meet a week early in June before taking a break in July & August.)

The Roosevelt I Knew by Frances Perkins, ©1946

When Frances Perkins first met Franklin D. Roosevelt at a dance in 1910, she was a young social worker, and he was an attractive young man making a modest debut in state politics. Over the next thirty-five years, she watched his career unfold, becoming both a close family friend and a trusted political associate whose tenure as secretary of labor spanned his entire administration.

There is one copy at Liberty Library. For other copies, it is best to check MaineCat, but there are newer, 2011 editions also in MaineCat if you search. For an online version you may try Internet Archive.

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Winter Dance by Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Richard Jones.

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 Haystack Mountain Trail is behind Walker Elementary School. This 1.1-mile footpath loop winds through a mixed northern hardwoods forest with a short spur to the open summit. Take the road on the left of the Walker Health Center and park at the ball field behind it. Address: 43 West Main St. Liberty, ME.

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Use our privacy booth for a quiet work space, meetings, and phone calls. It is normally on a first-come basis, but if you would like to schedule its use for a meeting or telehealth appointment, call the library ahead of time, and we will reserve it for you. Generally the use time is 1-hour but that is flexible, especially if no one is waiting to use it. You may bring your own device or use the library’s laptop computer.

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Libraries aren’t quiet places as they used to be. The library is a multi-use community space, but the Zenbooth gives an individual space to work in silence and perhaps tap into their zen energy!

Penguin Random House and United for Libraries announced during National Library Week the 51 recipients of a new grant program serving rural and small libraries across the country. I am happy to tell you that the Liberty Library was a recipient. The only library in Maine! We received an in-kind book donation grant of $500 awarded to 20 libraries to purchase Penguin Random House titles.

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Liberty Library also received a yearly grant of $1231 to help bolster collections from the Rose and Samuel Rudman Library Trust, through the Maine Community Foundation. This grant can be used to provide collection development and programming support to rural Maine libraries in Aroostook, Hancock, Knox, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Waldo and Washington Counties.