Hours

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Oct. 31 at the library 4-7:00

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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Interlibrary loan via van delivery has had a tumultuous start with the new courier service. Please continue to limit request to 3 items. Items seem to be taking longer to arrive than they did in the spring so allow plenty of time for your items to be delivered. Login to check your library account. If the item is listed as shipped, please don’t request it again. Contact me if several weeks pass and your item still has not arrived.

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Our delivery day is now on Wednesday. This necessitates a change in schedules. You will find Barb at the library on Wednesdays and Fridays. (No longer on Thursdays.) So if you need technology help or need tickets for the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, visit on Wednesday or Friday. Our open hours will remain the same.

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See the Circulation and Borrowing Policy for membership information.

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“What is Green Burial?”

Midcoast Maine Green Burial logoThurs, Nov. 7, at 6:30pm

Midcoast Maine Green Burial, a local grassroots volunteer organization formed to promote the creation of a green burial cemetery in Knox, Waldo, or Lincoln County, will host a public presentation about green burial. Topics covered will include: what green burial looks like, costs, environmental impact, examples of existing green burial cemeteries, and comparisons with flame cremation, alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction methods. Following the presentation there will be a discussion where members of Midcoast Maine Green Burial will explore how the process can afford an intimate healing experience for the loved ones of the person who has died. This event is free and open to all.
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The Green Burial Council, a national educational and certifying organization, defines green burial as “a way of caring for the dead with minimal environmental impact that aids in the conservation of natural resources, the reduction of carbon emissions, the protection of worker health, and the restoration and protection of habitat.”
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For more information about green burial please visit www.midcoastmainegreenburial.org

Quilt Exhibit

Liberty Sheepscot Valley Quilters Exhibit

The quilted items in this month’s exhibit are from the Liberty Sheepscot Valley Quilters, which meets some months at the home of Jane Bourassa in Liberty. Group members are from a wide range of neighboring towns. Their main focus is the fellowship and sharing of their own quilting projects and learning about new ideas, techniques, and tools. Another focus is to work together at many of their meetings to make quilts to give away to members of our communities who are experiencing hardship, ill health, or bereavement. They mostly use donated fabrics for their charity quilts. They do not belong to the Maine state quilt guild and charge no dues.

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Many of the quilts in the exhibit have a fall theme. This exhibit will be on display until the end of October.

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Liberty Sheepscot Valley Quilters welcomes new members, whether you are a beginner or an experienced quilter. If interested in joining, call Jane Bourassa. Her contact information can be found at the library.

Digital Literacy Classes

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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Windows 11 Basic

This is a series of 3 sessions:

October 23 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 PM
October 30 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 PM
November 6 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 PM
At the Liberty Library
In this class you will learn about the operating system, navigating the desktop and taskbar, the File Explorer, working with files, using Microsoft Edge and so much more.
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“Cutting the Cord” – Getting TV & Phone Services Over the Internet
December 19 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 PM
At the Liberty Library

What does it mean to “Cut the Cord”? It’s about canceling cable or satellite services and being able to watch television shows online, as well as options that would allow you to get rid of your landline. This class will not only show you the wide variety of options out there, but also teach you some tools to decide if cutting the cord is right for you.

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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.

Book Discussion

Wednesday, November 20 at 6:30pm

All That She Carried : The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles.

“Sitting in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is a rough cotton bag, called “Ashley’s Sack,” embroidered with just a handful of words that evoke a sweeping family story of loss and of love passed down through generations. In 1850s South Carolina, just before nine-year-old Ashley was sold, her mother, Rose, gave her a sack filled with just a few things as a token of her love. Decades later, Ashley’s granddaughter, Ruth, embroidered this history on the bag–including Rose’s message that “It be filled with my Love always.” Historian Tiya Miles carefully follows faint archival traces back to Charleston to find Rose in the kitchen where she may have packed the sack for Ashley.

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Request this book through MaineCAT.

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Hanabi Afternoon

Sunday, October 20, 3:00pm

Join in the play of this cooperative game for 3-5 players that uses tiles with 6 suits. We have two game sets. Players give and receive information needed to play tiles in the right order. You can see everyone’s tiles except your own! Experienced and first time players welcome. Ages 12 and up.

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StoryWalk®*

Hector Fox and the Raven’s Revenge by Astrid Sheckels.

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Hector Fox and his friends are back this summer with a new story. When they receive a plea for help from the Guardians of the Stone Tower, they race off to save them from the dreaded Raven’ s Revenge. Will they make it in time?

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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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The Liberty Library received a grant from the Maine Public Library Fund (MPLF) for a collaboration with the Friends of Haystack Mountain to set up a new StoryWalk® four times a year – one per season – for four years. We hope you enjoy them.

.*The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Storywalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson.

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New StoryWalk® will be coming in November! During the week of November 10-16, 2024, Let’s Move in Libraries and the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services (ABOS) teams up for our 4th annual week-long event celebrating the inspiring work of libraries who spearhead StoryWalk® programs – promoting literacy, reading, health, exercise, and movement in communities and neighborhoods across the United States and the world.

Zenbooth

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!

For Sale

.We have cards made from recycled books for sale -$2 for 1 or 3 for $5. We have Lake St. George Photo Cards for sale, 1 for $2 or 10 cards for $20. Earrings made by Ayla, 11 years old, for $4. 

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We have books for sale – $1 for hardcover and trade paperbacks, 25¢ for mass  market paperbacks and children’s books.

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The library is removing our adult CD collection of audiobooks. For a limited time, they will be for sale for $3.00.

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