Shelf Talk 34: Juneteenth Book Signing
On June 19th, 1865, two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and two months after...
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Beth Roberts
- Apr 4, 2021
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 29: National Library Week
The Mississippi County Library System (MCLS) is excited to celebrate National Library Week! We encourage you to come visit one of our...
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Beth Roberts
- Mar 13, 2021
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 27: Fake News
Fake news. It’s a constant refrain everywhere we turn, shouted by politicians, social media, and news channels. It’s a phrase we’ve begun...
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Beth Roberts
- Feb 27, 2021
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 26: Community Catalog
Almost exactly a year ago, I was at the Public Library Association’s biannual conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The small delegation...
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Beth Roberts
- Feb 6, 2021
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 25: Celebrate Black History Month
In a 1976 proclamation, President Gerald R. Ford urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected...
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Beth Roberts
- Jan 2, 2021
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 23: Employee of the Quarter Randy Newman
The Mississippi County Library System (MCLS) is delighted to announce Randy Newman as MCLS Employee of the Quarter for 4th Quarter 2020....
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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 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 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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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
- 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
- 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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