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
- 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 23, 2021
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 24: Library Receives National Grant
Shelf Talk: Library Announces Grant for Mental Health Awareness BLYTHEVILLE LIBRARY RECEIVES NATIONAL GRANT FOR SMALL AND RURAL LIBRARIES...
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Beth Roberts
- Dec 26, 2020
- 3 min
Shelf Talk 22: Thank you, Volunteers!
Have you visited the Blytheville library lately? The last two years have been a time of transformation: we now have a new roof, new...
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Beth Roberts
- Dec 12, 2020
- 3 min
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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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 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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