Summer Reading: For Kids, Teens, and Adults

The library invites all children, students of all ages and adults to blast into summer reading with the 2009 Statewide Summer Reading Program: "Starship Adventure at Your Library." Sign up receive logsheets, posters, bookmarks and discount coupons and passes from 34 Massachusetts museums, parks and attractions! More information...

 

Library Will No Longer Mail Overdue Notices

In an effort to reduce costs and promote environmental sustainability, as of July 1, the library will no longer mail overdue notices. Bills will still be mailed for items that are 4 weeks overdue.

However, you can receive email notices for items 2 days before they are due and 2 weeks after they are due. Simply login to your library account and choose "update email info." This will also allow you to receive email notifications when your holds are ready to be picked up at the library.

DID YOU KNOW? If you receive a bill for an overdue item, you don't have to pay the replacement cost if you return the item (overdue fines still apply, though).

 

Contemporary Fiction Book Group

The first meeting of the Contemporary Fiction Book Group will be Wednesday, July 22 at 7pm in the Milford Room.   The group will discuss The Lace Reader, a novel by Brunonia Barry. The Lace Reader features psychic Towner Whitney, who reluctantly returns to her hometown of Salem, MA after a fifteen-year absence to investigate the disappearance of her 85 year-old great-aunt, Eva. 

If you are interested in participating in the group or would like to to reserve a copy of The Lace Reader, please call Shelley Sgammato at 508-473-2145, ext 216.

 

Step Up to the Plate @ The Milford Town Library

Would you like to win a trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame? Then enter Step Up to the Plate @ Your Library, a contest sponsored by the American Library Association and the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Use the resources at the library to answer four questions correctly, and you could win!

 

Learn a Language Online with Mango

The library is pleased to introduce a new database, Mango Languages, which allows users to learn languages online at their own pace. Mango may be accessed both in the library and from home by logging in with a Milford Town Library card number.

The following languages are currently available: Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and English and a Second Language for Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, and Spanish speakers.

To access Mango, click on "Library Databases" on the left side of the library's homepage. Then click on "Mango Languages."

Access to Mango Languages is possible thanks to a Conversation Circles LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) grant administred by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.