Liberty Library

Library closed Thanksgiving, Nov. 28

No Story Time – Nov. 29

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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There is no longer a need to limit your requests for interlibrary loan. Library members may borrow 10 items per account at one time. This includes items from the Liberty Library and from other libraries. Login to check your library account. Our delivery day is on Wednesday.

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The emails you receive from mils.noreply@maineinfonet.org are not from the library. They are auto-generated from the MILS system. Please do not reply to those messages and assume they will be seen. You may contact the library at brehmeyer@liberty.lib.me.us

The Maine State Library has a large selection of Large Print books that you can request via interlibrary loan. Search here to read the description and if it is one you want to borrow, click on ‘Search MaineCat’ (on the right side). Click on ‘√ Request this item’. Enter your name (last name is sufficient) and your 14-digit member number 2494900000**** (contact the library if you need to know the last 4 numbers). Click ‘Submit’ button. You should receive a message telling you that you were successful.

Tuesday, Dec. 10,  6:30-8:00pm

Deborah Keene, Yoga Teacher, Ayurvedic Practitioner, and Mentor, will talk about how to calm your mind and steady your nerves, especially at this stressful time of year. Do you find yourself struggling with anxiety—feeling overwhelmed, restless, or unable to quiet your mind? Deborah understands this because she has been there too. For years, she suffered silently, unsure of how to ease the constant tension in her mind and body. Everything changed when she discovered the transformative power of Yoga and Ayurveda in the early 1980s.

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Join us at the library for Tame Anxiety: How to Calm Your Mind and Steady Your Nerves, an insightful talk where Deborah will share the wisdom and practices that helped her calm her mind, and settle deeply inside herself. You will learn practical tools to help you:

• Feel more grounded and less anxious
• Feel uplifted with increased energy
• Sleep better
• Feel just plain better overall

Emma Schurink creates charcoal drawings of the natural world: alive, mysterious, organic, and meditative. Having grown up in the hustle and bustle of New York City, an environment that for her was over stimulating, she has sought out life among the trees. She is drawn to the intensity of charcoal because of its ability to emphasize visual contrast, whether it’s between light and shadow, rough and smooth, or negative and positive space. For her, drawing is a practice that deepens her awareness and understanding. When she draws, she observes, and when she observes she gets to know her subject. She sees what she wouldn’t typically see as she passes by. Emma minored in visual art at Kenyon College and lives in Searsmont, Maine. View her website at www.emmaschurinkart.com

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Framed prints, unframed prints, greeting cards, and one original is for sale. Emma is donating 10% of proceeds to the library.

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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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.

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 MILS or MaineCAT.

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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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 (more…)

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!

.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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