We're closed today--January 28, 2009

Today, January 28th, the library will be closed all day due to the storm. All items due today, but returned tomorrow will have all late fees waived for today.

Library Use Value Calculator

There is a great calculator available to anyone via the Maine State Library website:
http://www.state.me.us/msl/services/calculator.htm. I thought it would be interesting to find out what my own use of the Falmouth Memorial Library would be for a typical two-week period. My total savings is based on the following usage:

Five Books from our library shelves
Five books via Interlibrary Loan
4 movies
2 magazines
1 audiobook

Total saved: $410.00

The explanation for how the values were calculated can be found at:
http://www.state.me.us/msl/services/calexplantion.htm

Granted, I don't usually purchase DVDs, but even the cost of renting them is at least $1.00 per movie.

Check out the value of our library to you and let us know what you think!

What's an ATC?

Come find out at the Friends of Falmouth Memorial Library's annual Holiday Open House. This year's Open House takes place throughout the library on Friday, December 12th 3pm to 5pm. There will be goodies to eat in the Russell Room, traveling music, stories to hear and crafts to complete!

And this year's Holiday Open House is where you can create your very own ATC...or Artist Trading Cards. We have the supplies, bring your creativity. Questions? Check out these links for more information and stop by on Friday, December 12th, 3pm to 5pm! See you there.

Artist Trading Card Links:

Robinsunne ATC

Rockport Public Library's ATC program

Textile Day

Please join us on Saturday, October 18th 1pm to 4pm for the 7th Annual Textile Day! This year we've expanded our offerings due to a generous grant the library received from the Friends of Maine Libraries. Local textile artist, Bonnie Taylor, will be discussing Color and Texture from 1pm to 2pm. Preregistration is strongly encouraged, please call 781-2351 or drop by to be added to the list. There will be demonstrations and hands-on activities from 2pm to 4pm. These activities are child-friendly, including fabric painting, felting, embroidery, lace making and knitting. This year we will also offer beginners kits for $5.00 for knitting, cross-stitch and felting. Please join us for the afternoon or stop by just to check us out! We look forward to seeing you there on Saturday, October 18th.

September is National Library Card Sign Up Month

Do you have your library card in your wallet or on your keychain? If not, stop in and check us out! It only takes a few minutes to fill out a library card application and it's free to all Falmouth residents. You'll have access to books, movies, audiobooks, magazines and so much more. So come check us out we have a lot to offer!

Titles for the Upcoming Year

Today we closed out the summer portion of our reading group and we finished picking the titles for the upcoming 2008/09 year.

September 10, 2008 "Eat Pray Love" Elizabeth Gilbert
October 8, 2008 "Kabul Beauty School" by Deborah Rodriquez
November 12, 2008 "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
December 10, 2008 "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi
January 14, 2009 "Conspiracy of Paper" by David Liss
February 11, 2009 " One Thousand White Women: the Journals of May Dodd" by Jim
Ferguson
March 11, 2009 "Breakfast with Buddha" by Roland Merullo
April 8, 2009 Our Annual Poetry Reading. Bring your chosen poem to the March 11th
meeting for distribution to other group members.
May 13, 2009 "Animal Dreams" by Barbara Kingsolver
June 10, 2009 "The Stolen Child" by Keith Donohue


Please join us at 2pm on any or all of the above meeting dates!

100th Anniversary of the publication of "Anne of Green Gables"

This year is the 100th Anniversary of the publication of the book "Anne of Green Gables" by L.M. Montgomery. Come help us celebrate on Saturday, June 28th when the Falmouth Memorial Library hosts an "Anne of Green Gables" tea at 1pm. Join us for tea, cake and discussion of the life and writings of L.M. Montgomery. All ages are welcome.