Welcome to the Merrill Memorial Library

Announcements

  • Merrill Memorial Library will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday from 5:00PM on Wednesday, November 25th through Friday, November 27th. We will reopen on Saturday, November 28th at 10:00AM.

    What will you read next?
     
    If you’ve discovered a book that you like and are looking for something similar, try the following web sites for ideas:
     
    This site lists other titles by the same author as well as books that you may like within the same genre.
     
    This site offers an interesting "Map of Literature" as well as suggestions of similar authors.

     

    Download audiobooks to your computer, MP3 player, or iPod!  We have partnered with libraries around Maine to make this service available.  To login, find Merrill Memorial Library from the list of participating libraries and enter the three or four digit number on the back of your library card.

    Want to start your own book club? MML has up to ten copies of the following titles available to be checked out as a group:

    • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
    • The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
    • Tattoo Artist by Jill Ciment
    • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    • Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
    • Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
    • Night by Elie Wiesel
    • Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
    • The Color of Water by James McBride
    • The All of It by Jeannette Haien
    • My Antonia by Willa Cather
    • Three Junes by Julia Glass
    • The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
    • In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
    • Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
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    MML would like to thank the following organizations:

    Bath Savings Institution for a generous donation to improve gallery space on the second floor of the library.

    JTG Foundation for a generous grant enabling us to update and expand our health collection and include books on Living and Aging Well.

    Yarmouth Arts for a generous grant enabling us to update and expand our Art and Architecture Collection and include books on Asian and Islamic art.

    Davis Family Foundation and the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust for their generous grants allowing us to establish our new web site.

    Yarmouth Lions Club for their wonderful donation that enabled the library to purchase and install an Automated Electronic Defibrillator unit.

 

The Library is located at:

215 Main Street
Yarmouth, Maine  04096

Phone: (207) 846-4763

FAX: (207) 846-2422

email: info@yarmouthlibrary.org

MML 2008 Annual Report

The mission of the library is to provide our patrons with educational, recreational and cultural enrichment and opportunities for independent learning and for personal and professional growth.

 

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MML celebrated National Gaming Day at Your Library on Saturday, November 14th. While the rain came down outside, kids of all ages enjoyed an array of board games.