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New Membership Levels for Curtis Friends
Sunday, January 24th, 2010Medicine for Cabin Fever
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
A visit to the Southworth Planetarium might be just the relief you need from snow blindness, shoveling fatigue and January ennui. It’s on us.
Get a free pass at the front desk. You may come in or call 725-5242 menu option 4 to reserve a date. We allow one cardholder per day to use the family pass for each museum.
Curtis card holders may also obtain free passes for:
“My Account” problems
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010When you try to access your patron info from our home page (or if you have a browser bookmark based on that address) you may receive either a message saying “There is a problem with this website’s security certificate” or one saying “Bad Gateway”. Until the problem is fixed you can do one of two things:
1) When the address ” https://minerva.maine.edu/patroninfo” appears on your browser address line just delete the “s” from the “https:” prefix and press enter again. This will direct the you to a “non-secure” connection, where the security certificate is not involved.
2) Instead of using the “My acount” link on the home page, go to “How do i / View my account”. The link there doesn’t use the https: prefix, temporarily.
Sunday Afternoons by the Fire
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Join us in the 1904 Reading Room from 1 to 3 on Sundays for quiet time with the Boston Globe, Sunday NY Times or any of the dozens of magazines and newspapers from our collection.
Happy New Year From Your Favorite Uncle!
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Many of us are getting an early jump on tax season. Federal forms may be downloaded from the IRS website. The State of Maine, as a cost cutting measure, will not be sending us forms this year. You may download needed forms and publications from their website. AARP volunteers will be at the Library on Wednesdays and Fridays starting February 3, to help low income elders prepare and file their income tax. Call the Library’s reference desk (725-5242 ext 510) to make an appointment for this tax help.
New Curtis Kids Knapsack
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Now Available!
Show your support of Curtis Memorial Library with this knapsack highlighting the new Curtis Kids logo.
It’s perfect for carrying library books, sports gear, school supplies, and more. And it’s available at the circulation desk for only $5!
What’s new?
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Sandy sorts incoming books at the circulation desk during the Open House
Visitors found much new to celebrate at the library’s Open House, including:
- new logos for Curtis Memorial Library, Curtis Kids, Curtis Teens, and Curtis Friends
- new databases – Ancestry.com and A-Z Maps (see links at left)
- new programs – Adults and teens tried out the library’s new Wii gaming system.
- new book bags – Book bags for library supporters are available from the Curtis Friends for just $10.
- new books – Author Heidi Boyd presented samples of the crafts contained in her latest book, Craftcycle.
Many thanks to all who participated in celebrating with us!
Welcome!
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Welcome to the new Curtis Memorial Library webpage
We hope you enjoy the look and feel of the library’s new website. Our goal was to simplify and make our information easier to access.
You’ll also notice that we’ve changed our look with a new library logo. The new logo is a reflection of strategic planning done by library staff, the library Board of Directors and community members over the past 18 months.
Those community members told us that Curtis Memorial Library is an outstanding community resource, providing much more than a traditional library. Through its staff, books, information resources, programs and physical role as a community center, the library creates an environment of possibility and opportunity for each person who walks in the door.
That is what we want to be as an institution and we want the community to understand all that we can provide in that role. By changing our logo we are beginning to tell that story. We hope you are as excited about these changes as we are!
If you need help navigating through the library’s new website, feel free to ask any staff member at the library. Or, come to the Open House on 9/21 and ask for help – we’ll have librarians on-call to help demonstrate and show folks how to use the new website.
