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Berry Memorial Library 93 Main St. Bar Mills, ME 04004 (207) 929-5484 www.berrylibrary.com berrylibrary93@gmail.com Our Library’s current hours are the following: Mondays: 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.; Tuesdays: 3 – 6 p.m.; Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. The Library continues to offer FREE internet access, both Wi-Fi and also public access computers for patron use. Photocopying and printing services are available for $.20 per page. Along with of fering Inter Library Loan borrowing service, our Library offers Cloud Library to patrons. This is a FREE electronic book borrowing service available through the Maine State Library. The Library pays a fee each year, based on their town’s population. The only thing a Library patron needs to access this service is their Library card number. Also, the Library offers print books for all ages, audio books, and a small collection of DVDs. We continue to offer monthly Take & Make Craft packets for kids all year round. The Library has a website (www.berrylibrary.com) In addition to posting announcements on the site, our automated card catalog can be accessed by any computer or device through our website. Our website is also where Cloud Library (mentioned above) can be accessed. We also maintain a Facebook page, which we use to announce upcoming events, closures, and new acquisitions. Once again this past summer, we were fortunate to receive a grant from the Narraganset One Foundation to help us out with offering a summer reading program for kids. The grant helped us obtain new children’s books, programming supplies, and community discounted admission pass es to area attractions. This past year we have offered discount passes to.the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, and Southworth Planetarium. These discount passes are available all year round. In August, during the Town of Buxton’s annual town celebration day, we held an outdoor book sale on the Library’s front lawn. Our Library is fortunate enough to be on the parade route. We had a good amount of “traffic” for the sale and a great chance to promote our Library. The Library hosts a Book Club discussion group on the 1st Monday of each month, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. The group chooses books together, then reads one each month and then meets to discuss the books. During several months of this past year, we collaborated with the West Buxton Public Library in a “One Book, One Community” program. Both patrons and Buxton/Bar Mills citizens were invited to read the same book (with copies provided) and then participate in passive discussions on parts of the book. Our goal is to serve the community. Please let us know how we can best meet your literary needs. Happy Reading! Respectfully submitted,

Valerie Messana Library Director Berry Memorial Library,93 Main St., Bar Mills ME 04004

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