Telephone Renewals

No time to stop by the library to renew your books? You can call us during normal business hours to renew your books. Our phone number is 532-1302.

Outside Book Return

Can't return your books during our operating hours? No problem, we have an outside book return that you may place your books in when we are closed.

Remote Catalog Access via the Internet

We now offer access to our catalog database via the internet. This service is perfect for those with little time to spend at the library searching for titles or subjects. It is also great for our patrons who live out of town. Accessing our catalog from home over the internet, they can determine if a trip to town is necessary or not, based on if the book is available, in, or out. You can even submit Hold information via the internet. Other libraries may also submit ILL requests after searching our database to determine if we own the book they need. Access the database now!

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Books, periodicals, and other information sources that are unavailable at our library may be borrowed from other libraries via Interlibrary Loan.

Patrons wishing to retrieve sources using Interlibrary Loan must be in good standing with the library as far as fines and overdues. You may ask for an ILL form at the Circulation Desk. On this form, please provide the title, author, publisher, and date of pubication, along with your name and phone number.

Once we receive your ILL request, it generally takes 1-3 weeks for you to get the materials. Patrons requesting items via the interlibrary loan service must pay return postage for items received.

The lending library that loans us the book to loan to you sets a due date on the materials in addition to our due date. The items are due back to our library in time to return them to the lending library.

The Cary Library is part of URSUS, a computer database containing the collections of most Maine libraries. This program allows us to view the titles available at the libraries around the state and to make ILL requests for you quickly and easily.

Photocopying

We offer limited photocopying services at the following rates:

Word Processing

We have four Internet computers, as well as eight Lab Computers equipped with Microsoft Word for Word Processing purposes. The system has USB ports which accommodate memory sticks for convenient backup of personal files. There is a laser printer connected to the system. However, there is a minimal charge for printed pages.

Internet Access

We offer limited internet access. Users must follow the guidelines and limitations expressed in the Acceptable Use Policy. The four primary internet computers may be used by any patron who has signed the policy, and has signed in at the circulation desk. We also have a Dell Lab with eight internet access machines, however its availability cannot be guaranteed, as the lab may be reserved by groups for library orientation, Internet instruction, or computer instruction. Use of internet computers is restricted to one hour if there are others waiting to access the internet.

For more information on this resource, please inquire at the circulation desk.

Multimedia Reference Materials

We have a few multimedia CD-ROM programs available to the public to use on the premises. These multimedia programs may be accessed from one of the Patron Catalog Machines. For assistance, please inquire at the circulation desk.

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