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    Shelf Talk 34: Juneteenth Book Signing
    Beth Roberts
    • Jun 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    Shelf Talk 29: National Library Week
    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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    Shelf Talk 27: Fake News
    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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    Shelf Talk 26: Community Catalog
    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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    Shelf Talk 23: Employee of the Quarter Randy Newman
    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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    Shelf Talk 16: Employee of the Quarter Beth Roberts
    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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