Windham Public Library ended its Summer Reading Program and events this week and began focusing on the coming school year. Summer seems like, as usual, it went too fast! We are holding on to a few more days of that hot summer weather and then the cooler air of fall will set in. September brings Library Card Signup month to the library.
Legendary comic creator and honorary
chair of Library Card Signup month, Stan Lee, asks “The smartest card in my
wallet? It’s a library card!” As Windham’s students head back to school this
September, WPL wants to make sure that all children have the most important
school supply of all…a library card. Library Card Signup month is a nation-wide
celebration held at the beginning of the new school year during which
librarians across the country remind parents and caregivers of all that a
public library card has to offer. Visit the Windham Public Library with your
children and teens today to sign up for a library card. A library card is a key
resource in achieving academic success!
Library Card Signup Month is not just
for students. The staff at Windham Public Library encourages persons of all
ages to become library members.
Not sure how to get a library card?
Getting a WPL card is easy! Library cards are free to Windham residents,
students attending Windham schools, Windham business owners and Windham town
employees (including teachers). Bring photo identification with proof of
residency to apply for membership. Those patrons not eligible for a free card
may pay a non-resident fee to use the library. The non-resident borrower fee is
$20 per individual or family annually.
The Windham Public Library is located at
217 Windham Center Rd. For more information about our services you may call the
library at 892-1908, or visit on the web at www.windham.lib.me.us.
Our new library hours have begun. Monday
and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For
the last nine years, Windham Public Library has been hosting a community tea
every six weeks in our large meeting room. Two staff members, Reference and
Technology Librarian Barbara and Children’s Librarian Mrs. Parker, coordinate
tea and snacks for the guests in attendance. At last week’s tea I stood in for
Barbara serving up hot tea and Mrs. Parker’s hermit cookies, along with veggies
and cheese and crackers. One of the transitions libraries have made in recent
years is to become much more of a community meeting spot. This was quite
evident last week at tea. The teas are always well attended and you never know
who you will run into or the conversations you may have. In attendance we had
guests of every age sitting together and talking over tea. There were old
friends and new attendees gathered together talking about community issues with
two town councilors in attendance. It was wonderful to see such community
spirit!
In
addition to the teas, we have many opportunities for library visitors to expand
their minds through educational programming. On October 8th at 6 p.m.
we will host Amy Schram from the Better Business Bureau. Amy will share
information on avoiding scams, fraud and identity theft. Later in the fall we
will host another “Let’s Talk About It” Book Group series through the Maine
Humanities Council with the theme “Detective Fiction in the 20th
Century: A Notion of Evil”. These special book group series’ have been great
conversation starters. For the younger library visitors we have Preschool Story
Times Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. and Books and Babies Tuesdays at
10:15 a.m. We will also be starting another 8-week session of Bedtime
Math-Crazy 8’s Club.
Be
sure to visit our website www.windham.lib.me.us and Facebook page for more
information about all our programs. I hope to see you in the library soon!
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