The library is currently open Monday through Friday from 10:00am-5:30pm and Saturday 9:30am-12:30pm. The Children's Room and Archives are open by appointment. Please call for details: 207-582-3312.

Month: May 2014

From the Archives

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For a change, I thought I would showcase some postcards that are in the Archives Room. 

 

 

These postcards, from around 1906, show some of the ships that went up and down the Kennebec River with supplies and people.  
 
If you have old postcards of the Gardiner area that you are willing to donate, the Gardiner Public Library would love to have them.  These postcards are just one of the things that the Archives Room at the library has to show our customers.  
 

 

 
 
 
Archive Hours – 
Tuesday – 10:30 – 7:30
Wednesday – 10:30 – 1:30
Thursday – 10:30 – 5:30
Friday – 9:30 – 5:00
 
Please call first, as these hours are subject to change.
 

Ginni Nichols, Young Adult Librarian

Dawn Thistle, Archives Librarian

ADOPT A SHELF!

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Mr. Dewey likes books kept in an orderly fashion!
Sign up to be a weekly or bi-weekly volunteer “shelf reader” in the Children’s Room.
Parents and kids welcome – We’ll assign you a section to claim as your very own responsibility.
Time – June to August
Training – Free
Time commitment – 1 hour or less per week
Reward – Personal satisfaction in fulfilling a commitment and maybe stumbling on a book to read that will become a “favorite”
Call 582-6894 for more information.
Charlene Wagner, Children’s Librarian

Summer Reads

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Summer reading allows us to escape the dreariness of winter while allowing us to enjoy the sun and imagine ourselves in another setting.  Some new items at the Gardiner Public Library that folks may enjoy this summer are:
Still life with bread crumbs by Anna Quindlen.  Broken by city life, an aging woman moves to a small cabin the middle of nowhere where she finds peace, inspiration, and the unexpected love of a husky roofer 30 years her junior.
Cell by Robin Cook.  This medical thriller is about the smartphone’s new role in medicine – and will both please and scare fans of the genre.  A medical app called iDoc seems to be killing patients.  Has it been hacked?
The flight of the Silvers by Daniel Price.  A thrilling genre-bending saga about six extraordinary people whose fates become entwined on an Earth far different from their own.
You can date boys when you are forty by Dave Barry.  The funny man discusses parenting and other tops about which he knows very little.
Maine Coast & Islands by Christina Tree.  Here is an explorer’s guide to help you find some new places in Maine just waiting to be discovered by you.
Five-plant gardens by Nancy Ondra.  Here are 52 ways to grow a perennial garden with just five plants.
Our web site at www.gpl.lib.me.us<https://www.gpl.lib.me.us>  will direct everyone to our hours and services, including using your library card to download audiobooks or ebooks  from home.