Library Services

• A collection of over 45,000 volumes including videos, audios, large print books, the Maine collection, and the Bolton Travel Collection
• Reference services available in person, by phone, or via our online form
• Interlibrary Loan, a FREE borrowing service from other libraries
• FREE Internet access
• Wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) available inside and outside the library
• Marvel (Maine Virtual Library), an online periodicals and newspapers database provided free by the State of Maine
• Typewriter for in-library use
• Word processing is available; we charge $.25 per printed sheet.
• Photocopier. $.10 a sheet, 4 pages free to students through high school.
• Hanks Room, a community meeting room complete with kitchenette, VCR, TV, LCD projector, projection screen, one high-speed Internet outlet and a wireless Internet connection. Please speak with the staff to make arrangements.
• Local displays of interest in our display cases
• Reading Room with over 40 magazine and newspaper subscriptions
• Book discussions and author visits
• Outreach to area daycare and nursery schools
• Readers' advisory in all departments
• Books-on-Call. Home delivery to those persons who cannot come to the library.
•  Maine Children's Book Illustrators Gallery
• Children's programs: Peak-A-Book-Babies, Time for Twos and Three's, Preschool Story Time, Book Buddies, Summer Reading Program, and special events programs
• Young Adult Programs: Page Turners, Book Covers and special events programs.
• Free passes for library patrons to the Children's Museum of Maine, and the Portland Museum of Art. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library
• Study Room (may be reserved in advance) and study carrels.
• On-going book sale, courtesy of the Friends of the Library
• Magazine exchange table
• Free tax help, courtesy of AARP
• Microfilm printer/reader. Copies are $.25 each
• Community information kiosk and bulletin board
• Public telephone