LPL Newsletter 1/19/2021

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Highlights:

• Great Falls Forum with Dr. Nirav Shah & Katie Boss – The 2020-2021 season of the Great Falls Forum continues on Thursday, January 21^st featuring  Dr. Nirav Shah, Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, interviewed by local public health professional Katie Boss of Healthy Androscoggin, on the topic “New Year’s Resolutions for Maine’s Health: COVID-19, Vaccines, Mental Health and Looking Ahead.” The program will take place from 1 to 1:45 PM virtually via Zoom and streamed to the Lewiston Public Library Facebook page. Register here to attend!
  
• Art Van is back! Thanks to a generous grant from the Lewiston Auburn Children’s Foundation, we are so excited to be able to welcome back Art Van to the Children’s Department through take-and-make kits! You can pick up your very own Art Van art kit when you schedule a browsing appointment in the Children’s Department or you can pick up one via LPL to Go! Call 201-513-3133 or email us at LPLKIDS@lewistonmaine.gov for more information and to schedule your pick up.
• Read Your Mind: You Are Enough – Read Your Mind is a monthly, virtual series focusing on teen mental health & wellness. Featuring YA authors and community health experts, we hope to explore complex and common health concerns through the vehicle of Teen books. January’s featured book is You Are Enough: Your Guide to Body Image and Eating Disorder Recovery by Jen Petro-Roy. The program will take place at 12pm on Wednesday, January 27th virtually via Zoom and streamed to the Lewiston Public Library Facebook page. The first five Lewiston-Auburn teens to register will receive a FREE copy of the book to keep! Register here to attend!
  

LPL To Go is now appointment free! We have made a slight change to process and appointments are no longer required for hold pick-up. Simply call the Lending desk at (207) 513-3134 when you arrive and staff will check out your items and meet you at the door. For more information head to the LPL To Go page, email our librarians, or call the Lending Services desk at (207) 513-3134.

Lewiston Public Library is now offering expanded library services inside the building, including limited walk-in  services at specific times! Learn more about computer services and children’s room visits at LPL by Appointment.

Browse our online archives, streaming movies, language learning, geneaology resources, research databases, and more at LibraryLA.org.

Keep up with everything the library adds. See our newest Adult & Teen books and Children’s books.

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