Library Services
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Services:
- A collection of over 50,000 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
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KFL is a certified
FamilySearch Center: microfilm and microfiche available from
the Family History Center of the Mormon Church
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Free in-house use of Ancestry.com
- 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
- Free cards to the Portland Public Library issued to York
County residents
- Seven computers with Microsoft Office 2003; Word processing available; 25ยข per
sheet to print
- Photocopier. Black and white: $.10 a sheet, 4 pages free to students through
high school. Color: $.50 per sheet
- Free passes for library patrons to the
Portland Museum of Art
and half price passes to the
Children's Museum of
Maine, both sponsored by the Friends of
the Library. Passes to the
Central Maine Botanical Gardens, courtesy of Central Maine
Botanical Gardens.
- On-going book sale, courtesy of the Friends of the Library
- Magazine exchange table
- Typewriter for in-library use
- Educational game computer for children
- Free tax help, courtesy of AARP
- 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.
- Young Adult Programs: Page Turners, Book Covers and special
events programs.
- Children's programs: Peak-A-Book-Babies, Time for Twos and
Three's, Preschool Story Time, Chickadees, Page Pals, Summer Reading
Program, and special events programs
- Computer classes
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Downloadable
audiobooks
- Local obituary database
- Online catalog
of Library holdings
- Local Maine History Collection
- Microfilm of 19th and 20th Century local
newspapers
Facilities:
- Art Gallery with monthly exhibits
- Local displays of interest in our display cases
- Fireplace Wednesdays and Thursdays
- Reading Room with over 40 magazine and newspaper subscriptions
- Maine Children's Book Illustrators Gallery
- Study Room (may be reserved in advance) and study carrels
- Photocopier. Black and white: $.10 a sheet, 4 pages free to students through
high school. Color: $.50 per sheet
- 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.
- Microfilm printer/reader
- Public telephone
- Community information kiosk and bulletin board
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Optelec Magnifier Reader Machine for in-house use
- 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.
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