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Announcements
MML goes fine-free
The Merrill Memorial Library will no longer charge patrons fines for returning items after the due date. The library community has been talking about eliminating fines for years, and we are following the lead of many other library systems across the country, including the public libraries in San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Nashville, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, to name some of the larger examples. Even before the start of the pandemic, the American Library Association had adopted a resolution in their policy manual asserting that “the imposition of monetary library fines creates a barrier to the provision of library and information services.” We aim to bring down barriers that keep the public from using the library, and we feel that fines for overdue items are not necessarily in line with our larger mission of serving the public.
Can’t find it in the catalog?
Are you searching for a book that you are unable to find? Perhaps the book is brand new, and none of the libraries have a copy of it yet. You can still request it.
Fill out this form with as much information about the book as you know, include your name, card number, and your email address or phone number, and we will consider purchasing it for the library. You will be the first to borrow it if we do.
COVID Task Force
The Yarmouth Community Coronavirus Task Force is still ready with information and resources.
Need groceries, information, resources, or a person to talk to? Call 207-846-4763 (the library’s phone number). All calls will be returned within 24 hrs. Visit the group on Facebook.
Staff Picks
Jeff recommends a series of films from BBC
Among the best reviewed films of 2020 were the five that make up the series called Small Axe. They were initially released to stream only on Amazon, but they finally arrived on disc in the fall of 2021. Directed by Steve McQueen (director of 12 Years a Slave, not the American actor), they are all set among the Caribbean-British community in the 1960s-1980s. Each film has a different group of characters and a different story, so each can stand separately and can be watched in any order. Broadly, they are about resistance to racism that we Americans might not be aware was so prevalent in the UK. My favorite of them was Lovers Rock, which takes place at a house party. In one really magical scene, people are enjoying the music so much that they all keep dancing and singing along, even after the DJ has faded the music away. I felt as immersed in the moment as the character on screen were. The other four films in the series, whose titles are Mangrove, Education, Alex Wheatle, and Red, White, and Blue, are also very good. The music in all of them is excellent.
