Shelf Talk 21: Winter Reading
December in Mississippi County. We may not get snow, but the holiday season is in the air: lights and decorations adorn our homes and...
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Beth Roberts
- Nov 28, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 20: Hotspots for Checkout
The Mississippi County Library System (MCLS), Osceola Branch, has been selected as one of 20 U.S. libraries for a national grant! The...
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Beth Roberts
- Nov 14, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 19: Holiday Reading
It’s the Holiday Season! Time to be thankful for friends and family, to count our blessings, and to celebrate the end of a long year....
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Beth Roberts
- Oct 31, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 18: MCLS Community
Welcome to Fall! Cooler weather, warmer colors, shorter days, and longer sleeves are currently in style. Now is the time to enjoy all...
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Beth Roberts
- Oct 17, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 17: MCLS Wins National Grant
Great things are happening at the Mississippi County Library System (MCLS)! We’re gearing up for some fun activities this fall and...
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Lowell Walters
- Oct 3, 2020
- 2 min
Shelf Talk 16: Employee of the Quarter Beth Roberts
Shelf Talk is usually written by the MCLS PR and Customer Service Specialist, Beth Roberts. But this time your MCLS director, Lowell...
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Beth Roberts
- Sep 19, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 15: Vote!
She was 5’1”. Her opponent was 6’3”. She was not daunted by his large frame nor his stinging rhetoric. As he continued to talk over her,...
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Beth Roberts
- Sep 5, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 14: Homework Hub
Welcome back to school! Even if you don’t have a student in your life, you can’t deny the energy that a new school year brings. The...
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Beth Roberts
- Aug 22, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 13: Summer Reading Roundup
Whew! What a summer at the Mississippi County Library System (MCLS)! We kept ourselves busy with curbside services, book sales, and a...
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Beth Roberts
- Aug 8, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 12: Enrich Your LIfe
The important things in life are worth fighting for. Raising a child, building a marriage, running a business, caring for an aging...
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Lowell Walters
- Jul 25, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 11: MCLS Initiatives
By Lowell Walters, MCLS Director This week I decided to give Beth Roberts, our Public Relations Specialist, a break and offer readers an...
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Beth Roberts
- Jul 11, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 10: MCLS School Resources
It may be only mid-July, but we are already thinking about school. Teachers and administrators across the county are working hard to...
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Beth Roberts
- Jun 27, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 9: Support Local
About 400 years ago, poet John Donne was deathly ill. It was during this sickness that he penned the famous Meditation 17, “No Man is an...
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Beth Roberts
- Jun 13, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 8: Summer Reading Part 2
Imagine your story. Remember your favorite fairy tale or folktale: did you ever want to be one of those characters? Did you ever wish you...
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Beth Roberts
- May 30, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 7: Summer Reading Part 1
Do you remember Summer Reading at the Library? I sure do. As a kid, nothing focused my competitive urges quite like Summer Reading. I was...
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Beth Roberts
- May 27, 2020
- 1 min
Employee of the Quarter: Shannon Bridges
Congratulations to Employee of the Quarter Shannon Bridges! “Shannon is the type of employee that quietly does her behind-the-scenes work...
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Beth Roberts
- May 16, 2020
- 4 min
Shelf Talk 6: Soft Open
Two months. Life has changed in the last two months. Two months of staying home, wearing masks, disinfecting surfaces, washing hands,...
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Beth Roberts
- Apr 18, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 5: Virtual Reality
When I was a kid, the big new thing was Virtual Reality. In the ‘90s, personal computers were just becoming common place, internet (for...
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Beth Roberts
- Apr 4, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 4: New Services for Novel Times
By Beth Roberts, MCLS PR and Customer Service Specialist During the COVID-19 crisis, so much of the news is focused on what we should not...
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Beth Roberts
- Mar 21, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 3: COVID-19 Response
By Beth Roberts, MCLS PR and Customer Service Specialist On Sunday afternoons, my family rests. Monday through Saturday is a never-ending...
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