Shelf Talk 2: Voting & Census
By Beth Roberts, MCLS PR and Customer Service Specialist “The very concept of public depends upon public libraries.” - Stacy Abrams Last...
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Beth Roberts
- Feb 23, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 1
By Beth Roberts, MCLS PR and Customer Service Specialist In a spare drawer at home, under the knickknacks and mementos that build up in...
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Lowell Walters
- Dec 6, 2019
- 2 min
From the Director's Desk
To open this issue of the MCLS newsletter I would like to compliment our personnel for making 2019 a great success. Looking back over the...
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Beth Roberts
- Dec 6, 2019
- 2 min
Customer on Center Stage: Wayne Breckenridge
To Mississippi County, Wayne Breckenridge is many things: a full-time Blytheville fireman, a community volunteer, a gamer, a helping...
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Beth Roberts
- Nov 27, 2019
- 1 min
Employee of the Quarter: Linda Dawson
Congratulations to Linda Dawson, manager of the Wilson Branch, on being named the first MCLS Employee of the Quarter! In her branch,...
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Beth Roberts
- Aug 2, 2019
- 2 min
Customer on Center Stage: Scott Follett
It all started with a backyard experiment. Scott Follett loved to devise science projects with his son, Eddie, and help him develop a...
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Lowell Walters
- May 3, 2019
- 2 min
From the Director's Desk
As many will remember, on February 24, 2018 a tornado severely damaged the Keiser Public Library. On January 22, 2019, the renovated...
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Beth Roberts
- Jan 4, 2019
- 2 min
Customers on Center Stage: Bennett Family
As Michael Bennett drives to his NUCOR office each morning, he sees a sign that heralds the company’s mission to be “stewards of the...
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Lowell Walters
- Jan 4, 2019
- 3 min
From the Director's Desk
The MCLS has a number of initiatives underway at this time. A key project is a conversion to a new catalog and circulation system, which...
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Lowell Walters
- Aug 3, 2018
- 1 min
From the Director's Desk
This quarter I would like to make readers aware of a pending expansion of the MCLS online ebook and audiobook collection. Over the past...
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Beth Roberts
- Aug 3, 2018
- 3 min
Customer on Center Stage: Mary Atterberry
Born on December 30th, Mary Atterberry often jokes that her middle name should have been “Christmas.” The name would have been fitting,...
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Lowell Walters
- May 4, 2018
- 4 min
From the Director's Desk
Shortly after the printing of our last newsletter, the Keiser Public Library was struck by a tornado. Though the building was heavily...
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Beth Roberts
- May 4, 2018
- 3 min
Customer on Center Stage: Mary Tom Vermillion
Visitors to the Wilson Library might mistake Mary Tom Vermillion for a librarian. Their guess wouldn’t be far off. Mary Tom has spent her...
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Lowell Walters
- Feb 2, 2018
- 2 min
From the Director's Desk
I hope that you had a meaningful holiday season and that you have been able to stay warm during the first half of this winter which...
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Beth Roberts
- Feb 2, 2018
- 3 min
Customer on Center Stage: Ashley Baker
Ashley Baker grew up in the library. Her grandparents lived only a few blocks away from the Osceola Branch, so she could walk to the...
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Lowell Walters
- Nov 3, 2017
- 3 min
From the Director's Desk
As I approach my first holiday season in northeastern Arkansas, I would like to thank the communities of Mississippi County for making my...
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Beth Roberts
- Nov 3, 2017
- 3 min
Customer on Center Stage: Pat Vaughn
When she moved to Osceola, AR in 1974, Mrs. Pat Vaughn knew she needed to visit the library. An avid reader for most of her life, Mrs....
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