Our reopening plans change week by week. The next stage in our reopening will begin July 29. Browsing will be allowed by APPOINTMENT ONLY on Wednesdays and Fridays. These appointments will be in 15-minute increments.
We will also have one public computer available. Half hour time slots will be offered by APPOINTMENT ONLY.
The childrens’ room will remain closed. Picture books and easy readers can be preordered (see below).
*The library is not open for social gatherings or nonessential meetings at this time.
We will continue to provide curbside service for those who need it. People may stop in to pick up their pre-ordered books Tuesday-Friday, 1-5 and Saturday 10-1. Face coverings are required and there’s one-way traffic.
You may pre-order by calling the library at 642-2525. The answering machine is on.
Or you can send a note to pember.library@gmail.com.
Lucy and all of us thank you for your love and support. She is eating a little better. She loves being brushed by Kristen. She misses all the folks who let her have a lap. We have some catnip in our grow tower and have been giving her a leaf or two every couple of days!
Our third activity kit is Journals and fractured fairy tales. Imagine your story using the story hints. Then write in your journal. There are pencils, colored pencils, a sharpener, some stickers etc etc. This picture asks you to rewrite the story of the Princess and the Pea from the viewpoint of the prince. I tried it. It isn’t easy! But it was fun. My story involves a Prince named Hartley, three beautiful girls named Isobel, Rosalind, & Sadie and Queen Morrigan and King Rory and of course a pea (or two or three?). Anyway call the library or email to reserve a journal kit for your family.
Starting today! You may enter our building through the front door. You can pick up your pre-orders or ask us to put something on hold. No browsing or internet access yet.
This week the hours will be Tuesday-Friday, 1-4 and Saturday 10:30-noon.
Face coverings are required and there’s one-way traffic.
If you still require curbside, we will be happy to deliver to your vehicle.
The Pember Library will allow limited access to our building beginning July 7.
(through the front door only)
Tuesday through Friday 1-4, Saturday 10:30-noon
We will continue curbside service for those who need it. Books still must be requested ahead of time by phone or email. You may also request through the online catalog but ILL with other libraries in our system has not started yet.
Your returns must be left in the outside drop box.
There will be no late fees for books due during the pandemic.
Library (518 642-2525)
Email pember.library@gmail.com
We are unable to accept donations of used books, videos etc. PLEASE don’t leave them here.
Our newest “Imagine your Story”: activity is this Inspiration Jar. Call the library to reserve one for your family. The directions say: Turn the jar a few turns and see what items catch your eye. Or dump it all out on a paper plate and pull a few items from the jar and create a story about them. Use color, shapes, textures, lines, letters, & forms. Tell someone or write your story on paper. NOT intended for small children. There are many small pieces.
Julie offered to do the writing. She started. “Well, it’s not really a story, more a memory. That wooden spool reminds me of my Grandma Marie. One Christmas, I think I must have been eight years old, she made me a blue coat. I can just picture it. I don’t remember wearing it but I remember opening the package on Christmas morning.”
Jennie said, “I want to go next! See that shell? My story is about going to the ocean. I can smell the sea air, hear the crashing waves. I walk across the beach on a hot August afternoon. There are other people there, someone sunning themselves, another under an umbrella reading a paperback, somebody else is playing a game on their phone. This is my first ever trip to Maine, to the ocean! I can’t wait to feel the water. Oh, oh, OH. I can’t believe it’s so cold.”
“Alice, what catches your eye?” “See that dog Christmas ornament? I have so many memories of dogs that lived with us through the years. OK, here’s my story. “Once upon a time there was a dog named Cassie. It was her first Christmas with the Thurber family. Seven year old Dawn Alice had told Cassie that Santa was coming tonight so Cassie was trying very hard to stay awake. She tried to remember all the holiday things that had happened so far in December. There was the tree lighting in the village park, the festival of wreaths at the library, the tractor parade, and all the school concerts. Cassie had even been included on the family hay ride out at the Fir Sure Christmas Tree Farm. She looked out the window and saw the ‘reindeer food’ Dawn Alice and her brother Timothy had left in the driveway. Cassie fought sleep but eventually it overtook her. She slept a while and awoke part way when she heard some noises (on the roof?) but fell right back to sleep. Cassie could smell bacon cooking, and hear Dawn Alice and Timothy giggling over near the tree. Colorful boxes with shiny ribbon in all shapes and sizes surrounded the tree. And Look! The puppy shaped stocking on the mantle was overflowing with doggie treats and toys.”
Eliza said, “I guess it’s my turn. I keep looking at those scrabble tiles. They remind me of my aunt. She gave me a scrabble game when I was young. She would play against me. I don’t remember if I won or lost just that it’s a really good memory of her. I love to play Words with Friends now. I sure wish she was still around so we could play again!”
A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the third Thursday of each month at the Pember. The meeting will be conducted following social distancing guidelines.
