Creative Writers Reading Series

Join us in the library at noon on Thursday, April 29th for the final session in the reading series.

Fiction with Shonna Milliken Humphrey

Shonna Milliken Humphrey holds an MFA from Bennington College and is the executive director of the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Her work has appeared in national anthologies, as well as in regional publications. Her first novel, Show Me Good Land, will be published in April 2010 by Down East Books, kicking off the new Maine literature line from the publisher. A native of Aroostook County, she now lives in southern Maine.

Want to learn a foreign language?

Visit the library page and click on downloadable audiobooks. Here you'll find a wonderful selection of fiction & non-fiction titles. Check out the foreign language audiobooks.

Contact the library if you need help getting set up or downloading the books.

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Rooms to reserve in the library

We are nearing the end of the semester and everyone wants a comfortable & quiet place to study.
The library is a great place to come to get your work done. There are no interruptions and the space is always open, sunny, and welcoming. We have two private study rooms that can be reserved in advance. The rooms are perfect for group study and private study. Stop by and reserve a room today.

Saturday Hours

You told us you want them. So..............

The library and media center will be open on the following Saturdays:

Stop by on April 24th, May 1st, and May 8th from 12-4 and get some work done.

We're hoping that we get a huge response to Saturday hours. Contact the library with your thoughts, comments, and suggestions.

But what about Fair Use?

Yep, you are right. Fair Use plays an important role in copyright. But, you still need to know the rules and the restrictions.

Read more here:

Fair Use University of Texas

US Copyright Office Fair Use

Copyright & Public Domain Chart from Cornell

Copyright & Fair Use Stanford University Libraries

Fair Use & Copyright Center for Social Media / American University

Listen, this is important

You cannot simply take information and use it any way you wish. Most times, there are restrictions and contracts with rules of use and limitations.

Our downloadable audiobooks provides information on rights listing what the user can and cannot do with this material.

Our library, along with many other Maine libraries, purchases a subscription to the Maine InfoNet downloadable audiobooks through Overdrive. You can learn more about our free audiobooks here.

When the library subscribes to content, whether print, audio, or digital, we agree to certain use restrictions. If you are ever in doubt and have any questions about whether or not you are using information in a legal and ethical manner, just contact us.

As one example, you'll see the following information below each audiobook when you get ready to download:

OverDrive WMA Audiobook
Burn to CD:	Permitted
Transfer to device:	Permitted
Transfer to Apple® device:	Permitted
Public performance:	Not permitted
File-sharing:	Not permitted
Peer-to-peer usage:	Not permitted
All copies of this title, including those transferred to portable devices and other media, must be deleted/destroyed at the end of the lending period.

This is not merely a suggestion. It is a requirement and we have agreed to it. As users of our library, you must comply in order to use these resources legally and ethically.

Remember, it isn't just audio downloads. Copyright and other restrictions set by vendors, publishers, and copyright holders apply to journals, books, online art, and pretty much anything that was not created by you. When in doubt, ask. There are always exceptions (e.g., most government sites let you use their content copyright free, Creative Commons license & material, and anything where the owner has posted their permission for it to be used).

If you really need to use information a certain way, you can contact the copyright holder to request permission. Not sure how? Contact us.

Stated very simply, if it is not yours, don't take it without first investigating the right way to use the content.

We Love Robert Frost!

Bangor Daily News Story about Frost Fest!

Thanks to everyone who participated, volunteered, and worked to make Frost Fest a success.