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Ludden Memorial Library

 

READER'S GROUP MEETING LUDDEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY FEB. 7th 3:30 P.M.

There will be a meeting for all those interested in getting a book group started here at the Ludden Library. We will be discussing in detail how & when we would like to run our group. Please come and share your ideas! FMI call the library at 562-8838.

 

Ludden Memorial Library
42 Main St.
PO Box 805
Dixfield, Maine 04224
Phone: 207-562-8838
Librarian: Margaret Malley
email: peggy.malley@ludden.lib.me.us

Welcome to Ludden Memorial Library, established in 1939 with monies from the Verdurina Ludden Trust Fund and conveniently located in the heart of downtown Dixfield.
Hours:
Mon-Friday: 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Saturdays: 9 am - 12 noon (Sept. - May)
Children's Programs: Storytime; Summer Reading Program; Public Room; Genealogies and Town Histories Collections;
Young Readers Group (Middle School thru High school) that meets monthly on Wed. evenings at 6:00 p.m. Internet Access

Halloween Party

Halloween party, Oct. 31, 2011

 

Services
• Library cards are available free to residents of Dixfield, Canton, and Carthage. Peru residents may purchase a library card to use the library. The price of a library card for non-residents is $25.00 per adult and $10.00 for students and seniors over the age of 55.
• There are eight public access computers available. Two were received as a grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
• Interlibrary loans open to our patrons the collections of thousands of libraries.
• Reference services are provided by the staff on a time-available basis. We have a good collection of local material for genealogical or historical research and we welcome questions from "away".
• Search for titles via the Minerva Online Catalog.
• We are also a member of the Maine Infonet Download Library. If you have a Ludden Memorial Library card, you can visit this site and explore the growing collection of downloadable Audiobooks and eBooks! Use your library card barcode to download titles to your personal computer, transfer them to portable device, or burn selected Audiobooks onto a CD for listening on the go.
   

Programs
• Summer Reading Program in June and July open to all.
• Pre-school story time open to all preschoolers in our service area. This program runs during the school year.
• We also have an adult reading group that meets every first Wednesday of each month.

Collection
• Our collection includes current and classic fiction for children and adults, non-fiction with an eye toward local readers, documentary and classic film videos, books on cassette, and an assortment of current periodicals.
• We also have a collections of DVDs and books on CD.

New Arrivals

Click below to view our new arrivals:

November, 2011
October, 2011
September, 2011
August, 2011.

 

PRE-SCHOOLERS HELP LOCAL ANIMAL ADOPTION AGENCY

The children of Ludden Memorial Library’s Story Time collected items for Marsha Mckenna’s Kennel. Catherine Leonard is the Story Time coordinator. The children in the picture are: Shaylee, Mitchell, Molly, Allie, Brianna, Emma, and in the back row is Micah, & Georgia.

Story Time helpers

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