Hours

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

Story Time on Fridays @ 10:30am

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See ‘ABOUT‘ page for more information about the Reciprocal Borrowing Program.

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Has your account expired? Memberships need to be updated yearly. You will receive an expiration notice by email. If you are not sure, check by clicking ‘SEARCH THE CATALOG‘ > ‘My Account’ > ‘My Record’. (You will need your 14-digit Barcode and/or your PIN number.)  Expired memberships will affect your due dates and your ability to request items and to use your CloudLibrary, hoopla©, and ComicsPlus accounts. Please renew your membership by stopping by the library or calling  when the library is open.

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MaineCAT is a Statewide Catalog that combines and links library collections across Maine, and Liberty Library members can request items. Be sure to choose ‘Liberty Library’ in the dropdown list to have items sent here. A single search scans more than 3 million unique titles and nearly 8 million items. Remember to always start your search in the MILS catalog. You can access our catalog by choosing ‘SEARCH THE CATALOG‘ in the header, top right. See HELP > MILS HELP for  MILS Help Sheet ask for one at the library.

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CDC recommends that masking in public settings is not required in any county facing low or medium levels of coronavirus risk. (Currently, the risk is ‘Medium’ for Waldo Co. Check for updates here.) In response to these new guidelines, wearing face coverings when at the library is optional. 

March Madness Cribbage Tournament

Ephraim Staples is the 2023 Winner!

There were 18 players in this year’s tournament. Ephraim Staples and Judy Fuller beat out the other competitors to play in the final match.  Ephraim won in two matches. Both are pictured above with Ephraim holding the prize of a handcrafted Lake St. George Cribbage board from LSG Brewing to add to his collection. Judy deserves an honorable mention, though, because she just newly learned to play Cribbage in January at the library. So she will win the 2 dozen eggs from Heart & Hand Farm.

 

Tiny Art Show

A few of the Tiny Art paintings.

 

Tiny Art Exhibit during March and April featuring 3×3” canvases made from the February DIY kits. Come see what others have done! There is still time  to be part of the Tiny Art Show, bring in your tiny art canvas to the library by March 3rd. Be sure your name, email, and phone number are on the back. Art will be returned to artists after the art show.

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

The library invites you to participate in this free program which encourages you to read 1000 books with your child before he or she starts kindergarten. Any child from birth until he or she enters kindergarten can participate in the program. The concept is simple, the rewards are priceless.

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Register your child and get more information.

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Children who are introduced to reading at an early age tend to excel at school and are quicker to develop critical learning skills.

StoryWalk®*

Pull on your boots (or perhaps your snowshoes!) to enjoy the winter StoryWalk® on the Haystack Mountain Trail. This enjoyable family activity offers time outdoors in nature, physical exercise, and introduces you to a new book. In Fox versus Winter by Corey R. Tabor, Fox does not like winter. None of his friends are around to play. He is bored and alone. Then Fox has an idea. If he cannot escape winter, he will fight it!

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Haystack Mountain Trail is located 200 yards in back of Walker Elementary School, 33 West Main St., Liberty. The 1.1-mile footpath loop winds through a mixed northern hardwoods forest with a short spur to the open summit.

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Book Discussion

Rescheduled -Wed, March 29th, 6:30pm
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Our March book is Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town by Barbara Demick. Just as she did with North Korea, she tells the story of Aba, a town 11,000 feet above sea level in the far western reaches of China, through the private lives of ordinary people living there.
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Since the March discussion was postponed, we decided to post the April 19th discussion early so folks could get copies.  Our April book will be  Saving Jemima : Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay by Julie Zickefoose. There is a copy available at Liberty MILS but more may be borrowed through MaineCat. The eBook and audiobook are available on hoopla©.
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Suggest a nonfiction book  for future Book Discussions.

Knitting Group

Wednesdays, 10:30am-12:00pm

The Knitting Group will resume weekly at the library. All are welcome. Bring a handcraft of your choice to work on in an informal setting.  Get out of your house and come chat with your neighbors!

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The basket was emptied and here is what was delivered to Walker School:

  • 8 hats
  • 14 pairs of mittens
  • 2 scarves

We are done collecting for this winter, but the basket will be back in the fall. Thank you to everyone who contributed.

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Need yarn for your projects?

There is lots of yarn in the basket. Stop in and pick up some. Patterns are available: (more…)

Sustainable & Resilient New England Libraries Grant

The Association for Rural & Small Libraries awarded the Liberty Library a Sustainable & Resilient New England Libraries Grant for the environmental – friendly improvements we made to the building. This project was made possible by a grant from The Association for Rural & Small Libraries through the generosity of a regional partner foundation.

 

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For Sale

We have books for sale – $1 for hardcover and trade paperbacks, 25¢ for mass  market paperbacks and children’s books. Plus, we stock the “Little Library” outside, but that is fairly treacherous right now. So come inside and we will give you some books.

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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, $2 for 1 or 10 cards for $20. Earrings made by Ayla, 10 years old, for $3.