New Ellison cutters at the LME Library

Thanks to the Friends of the Lillie M. Evans Library, the Library now has an Ellison cart and additional Ellison cutter dies. Ellison cutters allow the user to cut perfect shapes with the use of a cutter machine and cutter dies. The system is simple to use and makes it easy to produce displays, posters, and other graphics. 

The cart was bought to house the Ellison cutters that the Friends purchased in 2012. At that time, they purchased a cutter machine and 4 inch letters. Now they have added the cart to easily move the cutter throughout the library and house the cutter dies. In addition, they purchased 10 geometric shapes dies and 8 seasonal dies. 

If anyone would like to use the Ellison machine or dies in the library, just ask at the front desk. We also have a Cricut machine that is an electronic cutting device. The Cricut machine provides inspiration and creativity when designing projects for card making, scrapbooking, school projects, and more. Both systems can only be used in the library. The LME Library’s regular hours are Mondays & Wednesdays from 9am-8pm; Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays from 9am-5pm and Saturdays from 9am-1pm. 

The mission of the Friends is to support the needs of the Library in a variety of ways. In addition to purchasing the Ellison system & cart, the Friends assist with the Summer Reading Program, purchased the child size sofa & chair in the juvenile area, purchased seating in the YA section, and last year, provided the benches in front of the Library’s Walnut Street entrance. Friends meetings are usually quarterly. The Friends host the library book sale in the month of August. To join the Friends of the LME Library, please contact the library at lill@lmelibrary.org or call us at 385-4540.