PINs are coming to your library account!
Minerva Libraries will soon begin using 4-digit PINs to help protect your library account and prepare for future system software updates. This change affects all Minerva patrons.
What Is Changing?
How you log in to your online library account. You will use a 4-digit PIN along with your library card number to log in to your online library account when you want to place holds, manage your checkouts, etc.
When Does This Start?
March 17, 2026
Where Will I Use My PIN?
Online at minerva.maine.edu if you want to log in to your library account or request items.
Why Is This Happening?
PINs are required for upcoming system upgrades to our catalog software. PINs are commonly used in libraries nationwide and add security to your personal information.
Do I need my PIN to use databases or ebooks?
Not yet
Set up your PIN online:
Beginning March 17, a new link will appear on the “My Library Account” login page:
Create/Reset PIN
Click “Create/Reset PIN” and follow the prompts. You will need an email address to set up your PIN online.
No email? Set up your PIN @ your library:
To continue placing requests in the online catalog ask a Librarian to add 4 digits of your choice to your record.
Please note: Librarians cannot see your PIN once it is set, so they cannot retrieve this information for you if you forget it. They can only reset a new PIN of your choice.
Thursday, April 9 at 6 p.m.
Maritime historian Seth Goldstein has spent the last several years researching the deep economic ties between Maine and West Indian plantations from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.
Goldstein will discuss the various commodities, such as lumber, draft animals and salt cod, that Maine supplied to the West Indes. Concurrently, enslaved Africans labored to produce molasses, rum, and other luxury goods that were consumed here in Maine.
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Saturday, April 11 at 10 a.m.
Death Cafés provide community members with the opportunity to meet in a supportive environment to discuss thoughts, feelings, and experiences with death—without the awkwardness often associated with this topic. Discussing death helps us make the most of our (finite) lives.
Facilitators and Certified End-of-Life Doulas Sandra Newsome, RN, and Janet Prescott will bring coffee, tea, and an assortment of delicious treats!
Space is limited to 15 attendees. Please register.