{"id":42190,"date":"2013-10-07T12:15:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T16:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=42190"},"modified":"2013-10-01T08:33:27","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T12:33:27","slug":"spotlight-on-libraries-maine-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=42190","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Libraries &#8211; Maine, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Sarah Parramore, Head Editor, <a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?page_id=14418\" target=\"_blank\">INALJ Middle East\/Arabian Gulf<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Spotlight on Libraries &#8211; Maine, USA<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sarah-Parramore2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-42195\" alt=\"Sarah Parramore2\" src=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sarah-Parramore2-300x201.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sarah-Parramore2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sarah-Parramore2.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>What is it?<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.camden.lib.me.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Camden Public Library<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-42191\" alt=\"Camden Public Library (front)\" src=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-front-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-front-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-front-386x290.jpg 386w, https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-front-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-front-193x145.jpg 193w, https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-front.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Where is it?<\/b>\u00a0Camden, Maine, USA<\/p>\n<p><b>Why should you visit?<\/b> Such a cute, charming and quaint little library, right? Well, take a look at the back of this humble little building:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-42192\" alt=\"Camden Public Library (back)\" src=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-back-300x277.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-back-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-back.jpg 411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you see the secret bat cave entrance down on the bottom right corner? This is the main entrance to the cavernous (and impressive) collection that also leads to the maritime themed children\u2019s area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-childrens-area.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-42193\" alt=\"Camden Public Library (children's area)\" src=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-childrens-area-300x282.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-childrens-area-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Camden-Public-Library-childrens-area.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That humble little building on top is simply the reading room. There are three levels to this impressive library including a History Center that proudly displays Camden\u2019s detailed past and prominent historical figures of society. The Camden Public Library is the town\u2019s center for culture and discovery with fantastic outreach and connections to the art scene.<\/p>\n<p>The architecture is stunning, the collection vast, and the charm incomparable. If you find yourself along the Maine coast, this \u201clittle\u201d library is a must visit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Sarah Parramore, Head Editor, INALJ Middle East\/Arabian Gulf Spotlight on Libraries &#8211; Maine, USA What is it? The Camden Public Library\u00a0 Where is it?\u00a0Camden, Maine, USA Why should you visit? Such a cute, charming and quaint little library, right? Well, take a look at the back of this humble little building: Do you see&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=42190\">Read more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":42195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[69,3592,5444,5073,1290,4408],"class_list":["post-42190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-article","tag-blog","tag-camden-public-library","tag-inalj-middle-eastarabian-gulf","tag-maine","tag-sarah-parramore"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Sarah-Parramore2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1WoMK-aYu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}