Week of Monday, February 7, 2022 | |
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On Intellectual Freedom
At a Glance: This Week at PML
Coming Soon @ PML
Coffee Chats: Getting Involved
Coyote: America's Songdog
Talking Trash with ecomaine
Legacy Letters
News from Youth Services
Lego Contest is back!
Introducing Bookopoly
Nature Explorers: March (Ice!)
Teen Leadership Council
Lit Loot: Book Subscription Boxes
Two new Dungeons and Dragons groups
Messages
Camden Conference Wrapup
Recommended Read
Afternoon Book Group's Spring Lineup
It's Not Too Late to Participate
The 18:12 Reading Challenge
Bits & Bobs: Reminders and Such
Snow cancellations, tax forms,
book groups, passports,
book donations, and more
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On Intellectual Freedom
Our friends at Portland Public Library published a short article in their newsletter last week on the topic of Intellectual Freedom, and we thought it worth reprinting here:
Libraries are a cornerstone of the community, dedicated to serving the information needs of everyone. As such, they collect and make available a wide variety of information resources representing the range of human thought and experience. Portland Public Library [ and Prince Memorial Library] stand for Intellectual Freedom.
What does this mean for a public library day-to-day? It means we do not limit what certain people or groups have access to. It means we defend the rights of children, teens, and adults to seek, discover, and borrow books and other materials of their choice. We make resources accessible without censorship, like the removal or banning of books from libraries. We respect privacy as the basis of Intellectual Freedom.
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At a Glance:
This Week at PML
More information about these events can be found on our website: princememorial.org
Wednesday, 6:30 to 8 p.m. (Virtual)
Exploring Race in Fiction Book Group
We'll announce our spring lineup and discuss We are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez (YA)
New members welcome. Register here.
Thursday, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Coffee Chats: On Serving the Community & Running for Office
How do you run for office? Offered in-person at PML or virtually.
FMI and To Register
Thursday at 6:30 p.m. (virtual)
Coyote: America's Songdog
Who is Coyote? with Geri Vistein, conservation biologist
FMI and to register
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Coffee Chats
On serving the community and running for local office
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Thursdays, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Feb. 10, Feb. 17, March 3, March 10
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Attend LIVE at PML or attend remotely via Zoom. Refreshments served, for those who attend live.
Learn more about becoming an elected official and/or serving our community. Representatives from Cumberland, North Yarmouth, and MSAD51 will be on hand to answer questions and talk about their experiences as elected officials.
We are offering four installments to this series. It is not necessary to attend all four. Each session will include conversations with different elected officials within the school district and two towns.
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Coyote: America's Songdog
A virtual learning event
| Photo credit: Shreve Stockton | |
Thursday, February 10
6:30 p.m. via Zoom
Audience: Adult
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Who is coyote?
How do we share our lives with this important, resilient carnivore?
Conservation biologist Geri Vistein offers a unique coyote learning experience that touches upon anthropology, archaeology, prehistoric and modern history, Native American life, poetry, human psychology, human belief systems, European worldviews, wildlife science, and ecology, animal husbandry, and more.
Geri's virtual talk will center on “Perceptions and Relationships:”
- Coyote and Native Americans and European Americans
- Coyote’s relationship with other wildlife and the ecosystem
- and Coyote and us … How do we share our lives with Coyote?
About the speaker: Geri Vistein is a conservation biologist whose focus is carnivores and their vital role in maintaining the biodiversity of our planet.
This talk is offered in partnership with Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust (CCLT).
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Talking Trash
Ecomaine answers your questions about trash and recycling
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Thursday, February 17
6:30 p.m. via Zoom
| Confused by what can and can't be recycled? Wonder what happens to all our trash? Katrina Venhuizen, from ecomaine, will explain it all for you and answer your questions in this informative program. | |
Legacy Letters
Sharing Your Values with Loved Ones
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Tuesday, March 8
1:30 – 3 p.m. via Zoom*
Registration is limited and required
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A legacy letter (also called an “ethical will”) is a written document that allows you to share your life lessons, express your values, and transmit your blessings to future generations.
This workshop is designed to introduce the concept of legacy letters and to help you craft your own legacy letter. It includes discussion and a few brief writing exercises. Jay will offer advice to help you complete your legacy letter, share it with loved ones and preserve it for future generations.Jay will offer advice to help you complete your legacy letter, share it with loved ones and preserve it for future generations.
Jay Sherwin has practiced law, given away money for five charitable foundations and served as a hospital chaplain. Drawing on all those experiences, Jay created the Life Reflections Project to educate people about legacy letters and ethical wills. He now teaches classes and workshops on legacy writing and helps people create their own legacy documents.
* If you would prefer to share a Zoom screen at PML, email Kelly or call the library at 829-2215.
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News from
Youth Services
| You can find information about all our teen programs on the PML Kids page of our website. | |
Submissions due:
Tuesday, Feb. 22 – Tuesday, Mar 1
Grades K-6
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It's back! And we are so excited to see what kids build this year.
Here are the rules:
Original work only. No kits. Use your own Legos. New this year: Builds must not exceed a 15" by 15" base.
Voting:
Wednesday, March 2 to Saturday, March 12
Lego creations will be on display in the Children's Room, and ballots will be available for the public to vote.
A small prize will be awarded to the 2 favorites in each age category: Gr. K-1; Gr. 2-3; Gr. 4-6.
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Introducing: Bookopoly
(11 years and younger)
We put our own twist on the classic game of Monopoly. Pick up your game board at the library. Travel around the Bookopoly board and complete the reading challenges.
Not sure where to find a book about oceans? Interested in a recommendation for a Caldecott award winner? We're happy to help!
Earn one book buck for each square completed. Earn an additional five book bucks for completing a matching set of colors. Keep track of your progress on your game board, and redeem your bucks for fun prizes at the library. Bookopoly runs through February. Happy reading!
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Ice, Ice, Baby!
A Nature Explorer workshop for kids who are curious about nature
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Thursday, March 3 — 4 to 5:30 p.m. — Knight's Pond Preserve
Grades 2-5
Why are snow and ice so important? Come learn how animals adapt to the many challenges of winter.
Karen Bruder, a Maine master naturalist, takes kids on a discovery walk at Knight's Pond, a CCLT property off
Greely Road Extension, Cumberland.
This workshop is offered in collaboration with Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust (CCLT).
Registration is limited and required.
| You can find information about all our teen programs on the teen page of our website. | |
Saturday, February 26, 2 – 3 p.m.
Virtual. Registration is required, so we can send you the Zoom link.
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Teens, we want to hear your voice! Join Jennifer, our Youth & Teen librarian, for a (noncommittal) introductory meeting of our new Teen Leadership Council.
We'll talk about what the TLC can do (so many cool things), and start talking about ideas for what you want your library to look like. Ages 12 - 19.
You've got questions. We've got answers.
| Lit Loot: A book subscription box for teens | |
Who doesn't love a book subscription box?
Register by the 21st of the month to receive a box with two library books and a small assortment of goodies.
Lit Loot boxes will be available for pick up at the library on/after the first of the following month. Return the books and box by the due date, and keep the goodies.
Registration is required and limited to 15 teens per month. Ages 12 - 19.
More information? You bet!
| Dungeons & Dragons for Novice and Experienced Players | |
Are you a Dungeons & Dragons enthusiast? Or are you a complete novice? We have two remote D&D groups (one for players with experience, one for novices) available for the month of March for teens ages 12 - 19.
Registration is required and limited to 5 players per group.
Players must create a free personal account on the gaming platform Roll20 in order to participate. Sign up for an account at https://roll20.net/
Need more information? We thought so.
| Calling all D&D enthusiasts! | |
Dungeon Masters wanted
We are seeking Dungeon Masters to help facilitate new remote D&D groups for teens through the library. Stipend or community hours (for high schoolers) available.
Requirements:
- must be aged 16+
- you enjoy the company of teens
- a strong working knowledge of D&D and the virtual gaming platform Roll20
Contact our Youth & Teen Services librarian Jennifer Benham to discuss further.
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Camden Conference 2022
Europe: At Home and Abroad
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PML would like to thank the Camden Conference and the three speakers who gave their time and shared their expertise with us: Andrea Hester on Brexit, Joseph McDonnell on China, and Laura Henry on Russia.
We would also like to thank those in our library community who joined in the discussions. Opportunities such as these are the perfect antidote to a superficial news cycle: a chance to slow down, dig deeper, and think things through.
We wish the Conference success as it meets this month, February 25 – 27, in Camden.
| Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr | |
Big books demand big sacrifices. For Anthony Doerr’s Cloud Cuckoo Land you’ll have to give it 100 pages or so before any magic happens. In the beginning, the book feels derivative, a pastiche of David Mitchell and Richard Powers perhaps. But then, Doerr does something. He brings the work into its own, with true originality and creative insight. This work blends old and new, past and future — a nostos in our age of uncertainty.
— Elizabeth Manning
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Do you have a book to recommend?
Tell us about it (here). We'd love to feature your short review in this newsletter. It's painless. We promise.
| PML's Afternoon Book Group Spring Lineup | |
February 24: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
March 31: Travels with George by Nathaniel Philbrick
April 28: The Love Songs of WEB DuBois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
May 26: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
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It's not too late
to participate
| Have you heard about the Reading Challenge? | |
We're calling this the PML 18:12 Reading Challenge. We've compiled a list of 18 reading prompts. We're challenging you to read from the 18 categories before the end of 2022. Print the list and keep it on your fridge, in your car, in your wallet, or wherever it's handy.
Consider this an opportunity to discover new genres, topics, and titles. Spread the word. Challenge your friends.
Stumped on a category? We've got you covered. We've compiled some reading lists on our website. Use the lists as much or as little as you'd like. Certainly, feel free to sub in your own book ideas.
Facebook users, join the PML 18:12 Facebook Group. See what others are reading, exchange ideas on what to read next, share your progress.
Once your list is done, it's time to brag. Send a picture of your completed list to Kelly at kgreenlee@cumberlandmaine.com. Or bring your list to the library.
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Bits & Bobs: Reminders and Such
In case of inclement weather
It's snowy season, and that means the library may close because of tricky conditions. Before you head to the library in inclement weather, check our website to be sure that we are open. Alternatively, Facebook users can check our Facebook page for updates.
Ah, taxes!!
While PML no longer gets tax forms mailed to us, we (librarians) can access forms and instructions online, and we are happy to print them out when needed. We do not print the entire 114-page instruction book, but we will do individual worksheets, tables, etc.
Seniors, each year AARP offers tax prep assistance for seniors (usually at a larger public library. In the past it has been Portland's main branch and Lewiston). They have not yet populated the location finder, but seniors can go to this site to learn more:
https://www.aarp.org/money/taxes/aarp_taxaide/
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PML's Thursday Afternoon Book Group meets monthly at 3 p.m. (fourth Thursday of the month). FMI, contact Elizabeth. Next up: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (February 24).
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The Race-in-Fiction Book Group explores ... well ... race in YA and adult fiction. Second Wednesday of the month. Next up: We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez (YA). February 9, 6:30 to 8 p.m. New members welcome. Register here. Or, FMI, contact Kelly.
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Images of America: Cumberland is available at the library for $23.20 (includes tax) Cash or checks (payable to Town of Cumberland) are acceptable. All proceeds from the sale of the book benefit the renovation of the Cumberland Historical Society building at its new location next to our library.
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We have PML bag tags to put on your CLYNK Bags. Ask at the circulation desk. All proceeds from donated bottles benefit the Friends of PML. Thank you!
| We have State Park Passes and Museum Passes, courtesy of the Friends of PML. Ask at the circulation desk or visit our website for more information. | |
PML is a Passport Acceptance Facility
Email us at: passports@cumberlandmaine.com or call (207) 464-4493, our designated passport appointment line, to leave contact information for an appointment or to ask a question. For more information about the passport process, visit our website.
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Check out the ongoing book sale at PML
The Friends of Prince Memorial Library holds a book sale all year in the hallway to the right of the circulation desk. Great books (like new!) and puzzles for super low prices. We are always restocking the shelves, so stop by frequently. Proceeds benefit programming at Prince Memorial Library.
For more ways to support The Friends of PML, check out their website.
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Accepting donations of books, DVDs, and puzzles
The Friends of PML gladly accepts donations of gently used books, DVDs, CDs and puzzles (up to 2 small boxes or 2 shopping bags at a time), which are in good to excellent condition. Items for all ages are welcome.
The following are not accepted: Encyclopedias, magazines, textbooks, Bibles, VHS Tapes, outdated self-help or medical advice books, reference, technology or computer books, books which are written in, torn, moldy, musty, water or smoke damaged.
Please do not place donations in the Book Drop as space is limited for patrons' items. Bring donations into the library.
Thank you!
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Masks are required in the library.
The Town of Cumberland requires masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status, in accordance with U.S. and Maine CDC guidelines. Please wear a mask when visiting Town Hall, Prince Memorial Library, and Public Safety buildings.
Group meetings are temporarily prohibited at the library.
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Contact Us:
207-829-2215
library@cumberlandmaine.com
princememorial.org
Library Hours:
Tuesday – Thursday: 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday and Monday: CLOSED
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Thomas Bennett
Director
tbennett@cumberlandmaine.com
Elizabeth Manning
Assistant Director/Reference Librarian
emanning@cumberlandmaine.com
Kelly Greenlee
Community Outreach Librarian/Newsletter Editor
kgreenlee@cumberlandmaine.com
Jennifer Benham
Youth & Teen Services Librarian
jbenham@cumberlandmaine.com
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