Waterville Public Library

Library To Go Available! [Updated! 9/28]

Update 9/28/2022, Library To Go Hours extended. All quarantine policies removed. Added note about fines. Adjusted pick-up instructions. Other smaller changes made throughout.

Library To Go is available Monday & Tuesday 10A-6PM, Wednesday through Friday 1-5PM, and Saturday 10AM-NOON. Library To Go is an outside pickup service for borrowing books and movies from the Waterville Public Library. Patrons interested in borrowing materials can place holds now! Library dinosaurs demonstrate how pick-up works in this video! :) 

How to place a hold:
Go to https://minerva.maine.edu/ click on “my library account", enter your name and account barcode, search for the item you want, click on the title you want, and click the “request” button in the top left corner. 

You can also call 207.872.5433 to get assistance from Library staff with placing holds on books and movies.

Items placed on hold will be available for several business days after the request is made. We will contact you by phone or email when your items are ready for pickup. Once we let you know your items are available, the items will be held for the usual 7 days.

Hold/Checkout limits:
The hold limits will be the same as they have been, a maximum of 15 at a time. Also unchanged, you may have up to 30 items total checked out. Of that 30, 8 can be DVDs and Blu-Rays. 4 of those can be TV seasons, and there is no longer a limit on Blu-Rays.

How to pick up items:
Once we have notified you by email or phone that items you placed on hold are ready for you to pick up, please come to the Library's maine entrance on Appleton Street. Follow the signs, proceed up the ramp, and enter the vestibule as long as no one else is ahead of you. Only ONE patron/family in the vestibule at a time, please. Please keep a 6 foot distance between yourself and others. When your turn in line comes, you will come through the first door into the vestibule. The table will be set up right inside. Please state your name, hold up your library card for scanning or a photo ID for the library staff member to see. We'll get your holds down, check them out to you, and hand them to you through the window, along with any kits or extras you've asked for.

Returns can be placed in the Book Drop slot in the wall to the left of the entrance. Staff will check them in as able. The Waterville Public Library is not charging ANY overdue fees at this time, though charges for lost or damaged materials still apply.

If you’re picking up an order: Please put them in the Book Drop slot in the wall to the left of the Appleton Street entrance befre you enter the vestibule.

If it is after hours: Bring the items right up to the doors and put them in the Book Drop slot.

During operating hours, but ONLY dropping items off: Head up the ramp as you would for picking up an order. Head to the door and put them in the Book Drop slot. 

Do you know about the cloudLibrary?
The cloudLibrary is a service that the Waterville Public Library has access to. To use it, search for and download the cloudLibrary app. When you open the app, it will ask you to put in your country, state, and library. You’ll also be asked to log in by putting in your library card number. The cloudLibrary has access to ebooks and audiobooks.

(Pamphlets on the cloudLibrary available by request from the Library and there is a lot of easily accessible information on the website https://www.yourcloudlibrary.com/).

Check out the New Arrivals board on Pinterest!
We're on Pinterest! Use our boards to browse new items virtually! Just click on the title to visit the Minerva entry for the item you want. New items will be added weekly! Find us at www.pinterest.com/wtvl_library

Don’t know what to request? We have a Reader’s Advisory service!
We’re offering a Reader’s Advisory service for people who need help choosing new items! Fill out our What Will I Read Next (https://form.jotform.com/watervillepubliclibrary/read) form and we’ll get back to you with some suggestions as soon as possible! If you crave something less specific and are feeling adveturous, contact us with a genre or general theme and library staff will choose 3 to 4 items that fit!

DVD Bundles Available:
Themed DVD bundles are now available for checkout! Each bundle has a themed assortment of 4 DVDs. Just call the Library at (207) 872-5433 and ask about our DVD bundles! Once the DVDs are placed on hold for you, come by and check them out through Library to Go!

Donations of books:
We are not able to accept donations of physical materials until further notice. Thank you for thinking of us! 

Computer access: 
Due to construction in the building, we are not currently able to offer access to computers. We are so very sorry. 

Programs for Children:
* Crafternoons: Kits available on Monday afternoons. Instruction videos go live on Tuesdays @ 3p via WPL Facebook Page
* Read-a-Loud, Book Bites with Mrs. Liz: Thursdays @ 7p via WPL Facebook Page
* Rhymetime! Fridays @ 10:30a via WPL Facebook Page and in person on the Library's Elm Street porch (weather permitting)
* Please see the Children's Room page and the Event Calendar or the WPL Facebook for more events as they are scheduled. 

Kits for Crafternoons and Grab & Go
Crafternoon is our weekly craft program for younger children and Grab & Go is availible biweekly intended for teens and adults. You can pick up kits with most of the materials needed for either craft through Library To Go, with Crafternoon kits being available on the Monday before the instructional video goes up and Grab & Go kits  the Wednesday before. 

Please call 207.872.5433 for assistance and more information. 

The Waterville Public Library building remains closed to the public due to construction work happening inside the building. For safety, it will be some time before people will be able to come in. Thank you so much for your patience.

We really miss you! We hope you have been doing as well as possible. We so very much look forward to seeing you again.