Library Hours
Monday: 9:00 - 5:00
Tuesday: 9:00 - 8:30
Wednesday: 9:00 - 5:00
Thursday: 9:00 - 8:30
Friday: 9:00 - 5:00
Saturday: 9:00 - 5:00
(Saturday in summer:
9:00 - 1:00)
Welcome
Twenty New Forthcoming Books Announced in August
Twenty new titles have been added to our list of forthcoming popular fiction in August, including books by Stephen King, M. C. Beaton, Richard Paul Evans and more. These titles will be published in September through December of 2010. You may reserve these books now by going to our Forthcoming Popular Fiction page. Check back on Friday for our first update for September. Updated August 18, 2010
Fall Story Times Begin Tuesday,
September 7
Our Fall Children's Program Session begins Labor Day week. Click here for details and the complete schedule.
Our Regular Fall Hours Resume
Saturday, September 11
The library has been open only until 1:00 p.m on Saturdays for the summer. Beginning Saturday, September 11, the library will resume its regular Saturday hours of 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Maine Humanities Council's "Let's Talk About It" Discussion Series Is Full
Registration for this three part discussion series is now full. If you are registered, or have been placed on a waiting list, and you would like details about the program schedule and content, please click here.
Make a Splash... READ!
The sign-up period for our 2010 Summer Reading Program is over, but kids have until the end of September to finish the program. Keep reading, and come on in to collect your prizes!
New Downloadable Audiobooks!
We are pleased to announce that we are now able to provide free downloadable audiobooks to our patrons. Thomas Memorial Library has joined the Maine InfoNet Download Library, a service which allows hundreds of audiobooks to be downloaded directly to your home computer and transferred to an MP3 player-- some may even be burned to a CD. Read more!
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"These Places" Paintings by Portland artist Francine Schrock, will be on display in the library's gallery space throughout the month of September. The library's monthly art exhibits are curated by the Cape Elizabeth Arts Commission (CEAC.) See our FAQ page for information on exhibiting. Click here to download an informational flyer about the CEAC. |
Adult Authors Writing for Children
The first entry in John Grisham's new series for kids, Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer was published recently. You can place a reserve for this title now by clicking the link above and using the reserve button in the book's catalog record.
John Grisham isn't the only author known for his books for adults who has tried his hand at children's books. Jan Karon, James Patterson, and David Baldacci have also written books for children and young adults. To learn about more well-known adult authors who also write for young people, click here!
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Summer Is Here!
- Borrow a Pass to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay has generously donated free passes to Maine public libraries for use by library patrons. The Thomas Memorial Library has two passes that may be borrowed, each allowing for free admission for one person. Passes must be signed out at the Main Library reference desk. If you would like to check on availability or reserve a pass in advance, please call the library at 799-1720. For some of our new and recent gardening books, click here.
Have You Tried Playaway?
The library has a new collection of Playaways—pre-loaded MP-3 players, designed to carry just one complete book in a portable, small, high-tech package. Read more about it!
Borrow a Kill a Watt® Energy Detector!
Sure to be one of the most requested and popular “whodunits” at public libraries around Maine is the Kill A Watt®. 
No, it's not the latest mystery novel on the bestseller list, but rather an electricity usage monitor and educational tool kit available for free checkout from the library. The monitors will help Mainers detect the “energy thieves” in their homes, and the tool kit will help them put the lid on power consumption by appliances and electronics in their homes and businesses. Simply plug an electrical device into the monitor, and plug the monitor into an outlet in your home. The monitor will let you know exactly how much energy your appliances, chargers, and other electical devices use, and how much money you could save by keeping them unplugged. Read more.
When you find a book of interest in the library's catalog, you can click on the "More About This Item" button to read a summary, published reviews, or sometimes even a sample chapter or excerpt. (Older titles may not have any additional information available.)
Note: You must have your brower's pop-up blocker turned off in order for this feature to work!
If you are interested in finding, for example, only the movie version of a Harry Potter title, you can use the Limit/Sort Search button to limit your search to a particular "material type"-- in this case "DVD." If you are only interested in an audiobook on CD, you can select "spoken CD" as a material type.
Click here for a step-by-step tutorial on limiting your searches.
If you want to browse the catalog and reserve a number of items, you can avoid having to type in your name and barcode number each time you want to place a hold by logging into your patron record first. Once you are logged in, all you have to do to request an item is click on the Request button!
For instructions on logging into your patron record, click here.
We create catalog records for many our popular fiction titles for adults and children well in advance of their publication date. You can reserve these titles just like you would any other item in our collection.
Click here to go to the New and Forthcoming Books page.
Click here for information on how to place a reserve.
Get a reminder notice from us before your books are due!
If we have your correct email address in your library record, you will automatically receive an email reminder notice from us three days before your items are due. If you have borrowed books from other libraries through interlibrary loan, you will receive a reminder email notification from the libraries that own the materials you borrowed. Not sure if we have your email address on file? Give us a call at 799-1720.
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