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.

Gardiner Public Library

Henna Happy Hour

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A fun time was had by all who came to the Young Adult Room in the Gardiner Public Library on Tuesday, August 14th for a Henna Happy Hour. We did nails and Henna tattoos for a small group of young ladies for the first time here.  It was a fabulous time with plenty of great memories made in the library.  We had a wonderful crew of staff including Alyssa, Helen, Annie and Meryl helping me (Ginni Nichols, Young Adult Librarian) put on the event with food.  Pictures were taken and there was plenty of laughter. This event was such a success that we will be looking to schedule another Henna Happy Hour with more things to do for the evening. Keep an eye out for an upcoming hour with the Gardiner Public Library.
 
 
Another event that has become an annual one here at the Gardiner Library is the International Games Day @ your library coming up on Saturday, November 3rd. This is a time set aside to come and play different games at your local library. National companies sponsor this day by donating new games for the day to the libraries that participate. We can’t wait for this year’s event – game on!
Ginni Nichols (Young Adult Librarian)

August Celebrates Outdoor Fun

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For those who are taking part in our “Year of Reading”, this month the theme is Outdoor Fun!  Read a book, watch a movie, listen to an item, pop in a music CD, read a magazine, that somehow pertains to the outdoors (yes, we are being very relaxed about the relationship of your item to our theme) and have your name entered for the August drawing!  This month’s sponsor is Dennis’ Pizza on Water Street here in Gardiner. They have generously donated a gift certificate for a large pizza to be won by a lucky user of the Gardiner Public library.

We would like to offer a HUGE thank you to our other sponsors!!!

January was sponsored by At Home Veterinary Care, in West Gardiner.

February was sponsored by Book It! the library’s used book store on Water Street here in Gardiner.

March was sponsored by the Community Wellness Center, in Gardiner.

April was sponsored by Black Crow Bakery, in Litchfield.
May was sponsored by Lisa’s Legit Burritos, in Gardiner
June was sponsored by Kan 2 Kanvas, a local artist, Mario Del Rio, in Gardiner.
July was sponsored by Deb’s Ice Cream & Mini Golf, in Randolph.

Please come on in and join the fun!  We would love to have you participate in whatever way works for you.If you know any Gardiner area business that would like to sponsor a month, give us a call at (207) 582-3312.

Library “Seasons”

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Have you ever wondered about the “seasons” within the Gardiner Public Library?  To the average visitor, it probably just seems as if we are a really busy library and just leave it at that.  However, if you look a bit closer, our ebb and flow changes with the season and we are just about ready to launch into our fall season!
No one wants to admit it, but we are all seeing just a peek of fall color as we drive along our roads.  The public school teachers who are one of our favorite visitors during the summer are walking just a bit slower and we tease them, “how many more days”?  They just sigh and grab a great summer read before their leisure time is taken over by the students.  Summer is ending and school will begin, it is the inevitable cycle!
Every morning we open the doors to a few dozen folks just waiting to enter and many of them are kids…kids looking to get their prize for a job well done during our Summer Reading Program or teens jostling to be the first to use the IPad today.  They have become our summer friends as they wondrously explore our collection of titles and are quite amazed at how “cool” our musical CDs really are once you actually look.  In a few weeks these children will go back to school and become afternoon visitors instead.  We will certainly miss them, but honestly, I will be happy that I no longer have to hear Justin Bieber looping away on how he wants to be my boyfriend!
Come fall though, we welcome back our senior citizens…where have they been all summer?  One can only guess, but I suppose, like me, they are trying their best to be outside during this glorious summer.  Gardens are in bloom, families are visiting and maybe, just maybe, they have all gone “to camp.”  But come the end of August, they will be at our doors waiting to come into the library.
When we open the doors in the morning this group of folks will greet us as old friends, jostle each other to be the first to use the IPad today and gaze at our collection of titles and often be amazed  at our “cool” titles…who knew the library had a copy of THAT book….Fifty shades of what???
So farewell our summer kids, do well in school and let us help you succeed and welcome back to our older patrons…the library is yours until just about 2:45PM.
Anne E. Davis, Library Director