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If you or someone you know would benefit from this service, contact Adult Services at 883-4723 option 4 or fill out and mail us this form. We will contact you shortly.

Collections for Institutions:

Nursing homes and senior housing facilities can receive rotating collections of Library materials through the SPL Home Delivery program.

Collections for the Visually Impaired:

The Maine State Library offers materials for the visually impaired through its Federally-funded “Talking Books” program. Recorded books and special players are available to qualifying persons. Call Toll-Free 1-800-762-7106 or visit their website. 

(Please note that this program is facilitated by the Maine State Library and all questions should be directed to them.)

CloudLibrary

The CloudLibrary app can be used with most tablets and computers. Books can also be transferred from a computer to Nook and Kobo eReaders. These devices allow you to enlarge the size of your text for easier reading.

For more information on downloading a CloudLibrary app, or transferring items to your e-reader, visit the Library's eBooks page.

Library Materials - The lending period for most library materials is 3 weeks with one 3 week renewal if the item is not requested by another borrower.
Interlibrary Loan - The lending period for most library materials is 3 weeks with one 2 week renewal if the item is not reserved by another borrower.

If you fail to return material(s) you will be charged a lost fee equaling the current replacement cost of the item(s). If the replacement cost cannot be determined the following fee schedule will be applied.

*Items with multiple parts: When individual parts cannot be replaced, the borrower will be charged the replacement cost for the entire set.

NOTE: Valuable or rare items with a list value greater than 150% of the scheduled cost (see above) will be billed at list. Items that are out-of-print, but not deemed to be rare or valuable, will be billed at the scheduled cost, with the understanding that the library will make a good-faith effort to determine a fair cost.

At the librarian's discretion, a patron may replace a lost item with an exact duplicate of title and edition. An additional $10 processing fee will also be charged.

The library makes the final decision about whether a book is repairable or not.  If the item is considered unrepairable then you will be charged the replacement cost.

The solar panels were primarily paid for through town appropriation (i.e., Scarborough tax payers). However, we're not really paying for the panels, but rather the electricity created by the panels. This is part of our Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) whereby we pay Revision Energy a set price for the electricity generated by the panels for the first 7 years. After that time we could either buy the panels outright (at an already agreed to amortized price) or continue paying Revision for the electricity. We'll evaluate the economics and viability of each choice at that time.

The EV Charging Station was funded entirely through grants, private donations and business sponsorships.

ReVision Energy is a full service renewable energy contracting company that provides a full range of engineering, design, installation and equipment service for homes, businesses, municipal buildings and nonprofits.  Since 2003, they have installed more than 5,000 solar energy systems in Maine and New Hampshire.

86 solar panels were installed for the rooftop PV system, and 4 for EVPV station.

The rooftop system is 26.23 kilowatts, with a production estimate of 30,029 kilowatt hours/year. This is roughly 20% of the library’s annual load. Rooftop PV panels will reduce 31,500 pounds of CO2 emissions annually.
The charging station is 1.22 kilowatts, with a production of 1,300 kilowatt hours/year. When not being used to charge vehicles, the electricity from the station can be used by the library. This will reduce an additional 1,350 pounds of CO2 annually, for a combined reduction of 32,850 pounds of CO2.

No, there is no cost to charge an electric vehicle. The four solar panels will provide enough electricity for 5,000 miles of driving annually.