Cards must be renewed once a year
A Library without Walls
Our library is part of Minerva, a statewide resource-sharing consortium of more than 80 Maine libraries, including public, academic, school, and specialized libraries. This statewide “library without walls,” eliminates geographic and socio-economic barriers, and provides access to more than six million library items.
The holdings of all member libraries may be accessed through the library’s website. Patrons may also access their library records online, as well as renew items, reserve items owned by the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, and request books and other materials from other Maine libraries.
A catalog at your fingertips
The Minerva catalog includes over six million items—books and also DVDs & videocassettes, magazines, audiobooks, and music CDs. You can search the catalog by author, title, subject, keyword, and material type.
If an item is not available in Minerva, you can search MaineCat libraries from the Minerva catalog and directly request MaineCat materials. MaineCat libraries include academic libraries and additional public libraries across the state. When requested materials are available, they’re delivered to the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library for you. If an item is available on the shelf at another library, it will usually be delivered to us within a couple of days.