Category Archives: Director’s Blog
Libraries and Users: Sharing the Wealth and the Responsibility
Sharing is central to what the library does – we share our collections with you. However, sharing works in several different ways at the library, many of which may not be obvious.… Read more.
Book Groups: sharing the experience of reading
Book groups (also referred to as reading groups, book clubs and other various combinations of those words) are a great way to keep in the reading habit as well as to enjoy some social interaction with others interested in reading.… Read more.
The Library as an After-Hours Live Music Venue
When you drive past the main library building on most evenings, after the library has wrapped up business for the day, you’ll see a dark building, its face an expanse of glass reflecting lights from traffic, surrounding buildings, and the moon.… Read more.
Go On a Blind Date With a Book
If you visit the library in the next couple of weeks, you may notice displays of books, in plain brown paper wrappings, in various locations around the library.… Read more.
The Ever Changing World of the Library
There’s a quote attributed to British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli which holds true for libraries, as it does for many aspects of our lives, “Change is inevitable.… Read more.
Library’s Youth Services Staff Share Their Favorite Books for Younger Readers
One of the best aspects of my job here at the South Portland Public Library is the people I am lucky enough to work with every day.… Read more.
The Little Library on the West Side of Town
Tucked in among the trees, overlooking the Municipal Golf Course on Wescott Road in South Portland, the Memorial Branch Library has been an integral part of South Portland’s library services since 1977.… Read more.
Minerva: Sharing Resources for the Benefit of All Library Users
In the first Library Links column that Rachel and I wrote for the Sentry, we mentioned the Minerva network of libraries as an example of the collaboration that frequently occurs between Maine’s libraries.… Read more.
The Physical Library: Getting Back to its Roots on the Outside, Always Changing on the Inside
When picturing a library building, the image that springs to mind for many is the “classic” library: usually brick or stone, maybe pillars or statuary of some sort flanking the front doors… a solid, old building.… Read more.
Friends of the Library
On behalf of the staff of the South Portland Public Library and myself, a huge thank you and congratulations goes out to our community and to the Friends of the South Portland Public Library for another successful book sale!… Read more.