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Welcome

Katy Rydell
Author & storyteller

Thursday, July 9
10:00- 10:45 a.m.
in the Community Room

Katy Rydell, author the classic bedtime story Wind Says Good Night (Houghton, 1994) will present a program featuring music, storytelling & puppetry. For preschoolers and up. A book signing will follow.

Children's Summer Reading Program sign-up is underway!

Once again, the Thomas Memorial Library is offering a summer reading program for children of all ages. The program is desgined to keep kids reading during the summer months, and to encourage families to read aloud to their younger children as well. Click here for details.

New Margaret Atwood, Patricia Cornwell, Garrison Keillor, and more

The newest update of forthcoming fiction by popular authors features twenty-five titles that will be available in August, September, October and November of 2009. You may reserve these books now by going to our Forthcoming Popular Fiction page.

This Month's Art Exhibit

This month's exhibit features paintings in gouache on paper by Holly Ready. There is no reception scheduled, but works will be able to be viewed throughout the month of July.

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.

Library Study Committee Releases Phase II Executive Summary

The Thomas Memorial Library Study Committee recently approved the consultant's report for the second of three phases of their study to define a library services and building enhancement program to serve the needs of the Cape Elizabeth community for the next 30 years. Read more.

What can you do with used bubble wrap, padded envelopes, and rubber bands?

Although these items can't be recycled through EcoMaine, they can be re-used at the library to package interlibrary loans. Please consider donating these items to the library instead of throwing them away! Any donations may be dropped off at the library's front desk. Thank you!

Friends of the Library Lobby Sale

The Friends of the Thomas Memorial Library have an ongoing used book sale in the library's lobby. Volunteers frequently replenish the selection of hardcover and paperback bestsellers and other books of interest for adults, as well as popular hardcover and paperback books for children. Prices range from 50¢ to $2.00. All proceeds go to the Thomas Memorial Library Foundation to benefit library programs and services.

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.

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!

Read reviews of books in the library's catalog!

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!

Search for DVDs, CDs, or other types of materials

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.

Placing lots of reserves? Save time by logging in first!

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.

Did you know you can reserve books before they are published?

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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