Almost exactly a year ago, I was at the Public Library Association’s biannual conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The small delegation...

Have you visited the Blytheville library lately? The last two years have been a time of transformation: we now have a new roof, new...

December in Mississippi County. We may not get snow, but the holiday season is in the air: lights and decorations adorn our homes and...

The Mississippi County Library System (MCLS), Osceola Branch, has been selected as one of 20 U.S. libraries for a national grant! The...

Welcome to Fall! Cooler weather, warmer colors, shorter days, and longer sleeves are currently in style. Now is the time to enjoy all...

Great things are happening at the Mississippi County Library System (MCLS)! We’re gearing up for some fun activities this fall and...

Shelf Talk is usually written by the MCLS PR and Customer Service Specialist, Beth Roberts. But this time your MCLS director, Lowell...

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,...

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...

Whew! What a summer at the Mississippi County Library System (MCLS)! We kept ourselves busy with curbside services, book sales, and a...

The important things in life are worth fighting for. Raising a child, building a marriage, running a business, caring for an aging...

By Lowell Walters, MCLS Director This week I decided to give Beth Roberts, our Public Relations Specialist, a break and offer readers an...

It may be only mid-July, but we are already thinking about school. Teachers and administrators across the county are working hard to...

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...

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...

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...

Two months. Life has changed in the last two months. Two months of staying home, wearing masks, disinfecting surfaces, washing hands,...

When I was a kid, the big new thing was Virtual Reality. In the ‘90s, personal computers were just becoming common place, internet (for...

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...

By Beth Roberts, MCLS PR and Customer Service Specialist On Sunday afternoons, my family rests. Monday through Saturday is a never-ending...