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Announcements
Request For Proposal: Strategic Planning Consultant
The Trustees of Merrill Memorial Library (MML) are seeking proposals from qualified
consultants to help guide, develop and write a 5-year strategic plan that aligns with
MML’s mission/vision/values. Proposals are due by the end of business June 24, 2022.To view the Request For Proposal and all relevant documents, please review the files linked below.
RFP in .doc format: MML_Strategic_Plan_RFP2022
RFP in .pdf format: MML_Strategic_Plan_RFP2022
RFP Appendix A in .pdf format: MML_RFP_Appendix_A
RFP Appendix B in .pdf format: MML_RFP_Appendix_B
Job Opening!
Come join the Team! Merrill Memorial Library is accepting applications for a Part-time Circulation & Publicity Librarian.Interested applicants may apply with their cover letter, resume and three professional references to:
Singalong Story Time moves back to the garden!
We will be going back to our garden Singalong Story Times Fridays at 10:15. This means, in person!Please call us at 846-4763 with any questions, or email mmlyouth@yarmouthlibrary.org
Masks are optional in the library.
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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
Look what I talked Miss Mary into!
by Elsa Rowe
If you have ever said to me that you like science fiction, I can say with 100% certainty that I’ve recommended the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. It’s a series of doorstop sized books, so few have taken me up on that. However, I am thrilled to announce that Miss Mary, who is more of a fantasy reader, is currently reading and enjoying these books. Woo hoo!
So, what’s the story? It’s a dystopian world, because of course it is. The first book was published in 2014, when dystopian fiction was at its peak.From our library catalog, “Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow and Reds like him, are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.”Reasons that I like it: interesting characters with diverse perspectives on life and their places in it. A hero who is incredibly heroic and willing to do anything to make society better and more just. And finally, oddly, there is quite a large amount of military strategy. I never would have thought I’d find that interesting, but in this series it is fascinating. It is also a well-written page turner.Reasons why Mary is liking it: To quote, “Darrow always has an Ace up his sleeve” and the continuing contrast between leaders with grit and leaders with vision.
