Pembroke Library
221 Old County Road, PO Box 225, Pembroke, ME 04666
207-726-4745 email: pembrokelibrarymaine@outlook.com
HOURS:
Tuesday, 9 am to noon and 3 pm to 5 pm
Wednesday, 3 pm to 5 pm Thursday, 9 am to noon Friday, 3 pm to 5 pm
Saturday, 9 am to noon Sunday and Monday, Closed
To search our Card Catalog from the convenience of your home using your own device or phone, visit "Library World." You will need to enter the library name, pemlibrary; no password is necessary.
The library's beautiful garden is in full bloom.
InterLibrary Loan Temporarily Suspended
NO MORE DVDs Except for a small collection of DVDs in the Children's Room, we no longer have DVDs to check out; they are now located on the porch and are FREE.
Friendship Quilts Display
during the month of July and August
Li'l Bookworms Story Time
Thursdays, 10-11 am
Used Book Shop
Every Saturday morning 9 to noon
InterLibrary Loan Temporarily Suspended
There is a temporary suspension of Maine Infonet InterLibrary Loan Service (ILL). A court challenge has been lodged about the awarding of a new contract for the van service that makes the ILL exchange of books between libraries possible. Because of the uncertainties occasioned by this court challenge, the Maine State Library System has decided to temporarily halt ILL service. No one is happy with this situation, and everyone hopes the hiatus on borrowing will be brief. Pembroke Library will share with you any new information we receive about these matters.
You will find this and another bird cabinet in the Pembroke Library Community Room on the second floor.
Poster for Sale $15
The photo at the left is of a cabinet full of 30 taxidermized birds collected in the international Passamaquoddy border region of Maine and New Brunswick. The cabinet and bird specimens likely date to about 1900. The cabinet is one of two such cabinets of birds that long resided within the Crescent Masonic Lodge #78 building in Pembroke, Maine. When the lodge closed in 2020, the cabinets were transferred to the library in Pembroke, where they can be viewed first hand.
The creation of the poster is a joint venture between the Pembroke Library and the Tides Institute
Poster sales made at the Pembroke Library benefit the library directly.
Used Book Shop
Volunteers Lysa and Mona (and others) have spent many hours organizing the library's Used Book Shop on the second floor. It's open on Saturday mornings, 9 am to 12 noon. And remember, it's handicap accessible.
Guidelines for Donating Used Books to the Library
Thank you to everyone who has donated used books to the library over the years. We recently were able to expand our Maine Collection by such a donation. The library continues to welcome these donations. We first determine if the book needs to be added to our collection and, if not, it is added to our Used Book Shop on the second floor.
Since the shop opened last year, we have noticed several book genres that do not sell and no one will even take them for free. These include: Encyclopedias, Readers Digest Condensed Books, Catalogs, Yearbooks, Town Meeting Notes, DVD's, Tapes, CD's, Videotapes, Pulp Fiction (bodice rippers, etc.), Travel Guides outside the US.
"Midnight Sky" Raffle Quilt
Members (Marilyn Wimmergren and Bonnie Hunter) of Ironworks Quilters, who hold regular meetings at the library, recently presented a new sampler quilt to the library.
Tickets are $1 each or 6/$5 and are available at the circulation desk. The drawing will be held early in January, 2025.
Maine Collection now greets patrons at the main door.
All large print books are easy to find with new signage.
Audio books are now located beside the movies.
A view of the stacks in the main library looking toward our unique rocking chairs and table.
Another view of some of the stacks in the main room.