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May 22, 2013

2013 MLA Officers Announced

April 23, 2013

2013 MLA Annual Conference, “Mississippi Libraries: Making Community Work!”

MSU Libraries one of top 25 social media libraries

April 22, 2013

Register for the 9th Annual Circulation Conference

April 16, 2013

Call for Survey Participants

April 8, 2013

“Game of Change” Research Guide

April 2, 2013

2013 National Library Week Posters Available

March 26, 2013

Pierotti (People in the News)

Shaw (People in the News)

Walker (People in the News)

Brinkley (People in the News)

Giamalva (People in the News)

Ribbon cutting for the new East Hancock Public Library

Schommer (People in the News)

2nd Annual Words and Music Community Culture Series closes with a Concert in the Courtyard by the Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band

March 7, 2013

Wells (People in the News)

February 14, 2013

MLA Executive Board Meeting Dates for 2013

February 12, 2013

Join us for Pie Day – February 21st

February 11, 2013

Management Transition at Southern Miss’ University Libraries and Library School (People in the News)

Shaw (People in the News)

January 31, 2013

Staff changes at Lafayette County & Oxford Public Library (People in the News)

January 18, 2013

New Graduate Certificate in Youth Services and Literature at USM

January 14, 2013

Schommer (People in the News)

December 6, 2012

MLA endorses ALA e-content pricing statement

November 2, 2012

2013 Coretta Scott King Book Award Grants

October 30, 2012

Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries Accepting School Library Grant Applications

October 22, 2012

New online and onsite resources at MSU Libraries celebrate land-grant institutions

Rodgers (People in the News)

October 19, 2012

Walker (People in the News)

October 11, 2012

Brosek (People in the News)

Young (People in the News)

October 10, 2012

Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming

National School Library Program of the Year Award

October 8, 2012

Brenneise (People in the News)

Ruffin (People in the News)

University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Receives Civil War 150 Grant

New hires at MDAH (People in the News)

October 2, 2012

Ezra Jack Keats Mini-grant Program for Public Libraries and Public Schools

September 17, 2012

Carnegie-Whitney Awards up to $5,000

September 14, 2012

MLA Conference Registration is available.

Lee-Itawamba Library System joins MSU-based Mississippi Library Partnership

MSU’s complete Reveille now available online, 1898-2008

August 20, 2012

MSU Libraries ranks nationally in libraries journal publications

July 26, 2012

Stewart (People in the News)

MLA Members At National Library Legislative Days

First Regional Library System Joins MSU-Based Mississippi Library Partnership

MSU Libraries’ Ragtime Festival Returns For A 6th Year

Ulysses S. Grant Collection Designated As Presidential Library

Historical Lecture Series Continues At MSU Libraries

Second Annual Teachers Institute Offered At MSU Libraries

New Presidential Archives Tools Available At MSU Libraries

Words And Music Community Culture Series Concert In The Courtyard

First Regional Library Branch Wins John Cotton Dana Award

Deegan (People in the News)

Marshall (People in the News)

Branton (People in the News)

March 26, 2012

MLA-ARCL Spring Meeting

Technical Service Roundtable workshop

March 15, 2012

National Library Week Posters Available

March 13, 2012

Ezra Jack Keats Foundation and the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi to Present Awards at Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival on April 12th

March 12, 2012

Koehn (People in the News)

MSU Libraries’ ragtime festival returns for a 6th year

New presidential archives tools available at MSU Libraries

News from Hinds Community College

SLIS Connecting

Library System hires new Computer Trainer: Partners with MSU Extension for Broadband Education

Mississippi Historical Society Announces 2012 Prize Winners

Headstone Stories: Raising the Dead at the Indianola City Cemetery

First Regional Library Joins Mississippi Library Partnership

March 9, 2012

Gex (People in the News)

February 23, 2012

Take Action! Governor’s proposed budget recommends a 15 percent cut to the Mississippi Library Commission

February 22, 2012

New editor of Mississippi Libraries

January 31, 2012

Libraries survey participants rewarded

January 10, 2012

MSU Libraries joins Center for Research Libraries partnership

December 20, 2011

MSU Libraries Gingerbread House

November 21, 2011

Applications are now being accepted for the exciting and challenging position of Editor for the quarterly publication, Mississippi Libraries.

November 7, 2011

MSU Libraries’ speaker series continues

Gaha (People in the News)

October 26, 2011

Conference Evaluation

October 24, 2011

Wood (People in the News)

October 11, 2011

Visiting arts researcher at MSU Libraries

Two Columbus Institutions Receive MDAH Museum, Library Awards

Vance (People in the News)

Columbus-Lowndes Public Library adds photograph collection to the Mississippi Digital Library

The Ezra Jack Keats Book Awards Move to de Grummond

MSU Libraries join national sheet music consortium

Ulysses S. Grant Association news

September 15, 2011

Help with the Silent Auction and join us for the Presidential Bash

Successful technology conferences held at MSU Libraries

Welty exhibit on display at MSU Libraries

Emma Folwell at MSU

September 13, 2011

Virgia Brocks-Shedd Scholarship Award

August 17, 2011

Grand Opera House papers now at home at MSU Libraries

August 5, 2011

Harper (People in the News)

New addition to MSU Libraries’ Grant collection

Wood and Baga (People in the News)

Groundbreaking for new East Hancock County Library

USM Libraries awarded grant

July 14, 2011

Vance (People in the News)

July 6, 2011

Burnsville Library Receives the Marshall Cavendish Excellence in Library Programming Award

Shaw (People in the News)

Cash (People in the News)

Michaelis (People in the News)

July 5, 2011

Beyond Words: the Dollar General School Library Relief Fund

Thomas (People in the News)

May 11, 2011

New Grisham exhibit at MSU Libraries

April 28, 2011

Semmes (People in the News)

Reception honoring Salters held at MSU Libraries

April 18, 2011

FREE Exhibit Passes to the American Library Association Conference

April 14, 2011

Ramage (People in the News)

CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LIBRARY COUNCIL Scholarship applications due June 1st

April 11, 2011

TSRT Spring Meeting Agenda

April 2, 2011

2011 Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival

March 30, 2011

Journalist-in-Residence Sid Salter launches new page, blog on MSU Libraries web site

March 25, 2011

Faulkner (People in the News)

March 22, 2011

Hindman (People in the News)

March 21, 2011

MLA Candidates 2011

March 11, 2011

Mississippi State University-led libraries consortium grows exponentially

March 9, 2011

New hires at Hinds Community College (People in the News)

March 8, 2011

Legislative Briefing-March 9th

MLA-ACRL 2011 Spring Meeting

March 7, 2011

Southern Mississippi’s Federal Depository Celebrated 75th Anniversary

Shaw (People in the News)

Taylor (People in the News)

March 3, 2011

Burnsville Library Receives the Marshall Cavendish Excellence in Library Programming Award

March 2, 2011

Mississippi Members of Congress Database

March 1, 2011

National Library Week poster/bookmark order form due March 11

Schommer (People in the News)

Headstone Stories: Raising the Dead at the Indianola City Cemetery

NEH Approves Delta Collaborative Heritage Preservation Grant

February 17, 2011

2011 Conference Planning Form Due June 11

Technical Services Round Table Spring Workshop

January 31, 2011

National Library Week

January 13, 2011

“Pie Day” (Library Advocacy Day)

December 14, 2010

2011 Annual Conference

October 13, 2010

Starkville, Miss., mayor continues speaker series at MSU Libraries

McAlister (People in the News)

October 6, 2010

Continuing Education Credits at MLA 2010

October 5, 2010

Moran (People in the News)

New Science Café Series at USM

Schommer (People in the News)

October 4, 2010

MLA Conference Preliminary Schedule is Available

September 15, 2010

Pascagoula Public Library receives Main Street Award

August 31, 2010

Conference Registration forms are available

August 4, 2010

Kenney (People in the News)

July 26, 2010

Han (People in the News)

July 14, 2010

Vendors: Join us at the MLA annual conference

July 9, 2010

Mississippi author featured at MSU Libraries

Applin (People in the News)

Welch (People in the News)

Bounds (People in the News)

July 7, 2010

Cartwright (People in the News)

June 15, 2010

2010 Annual Conference Hotels

June 10, 2010

Mississippi SirsiDynix Users’ Group Meeting

June 4, 2010

Coleman and Williams honored with Grant Association award

May 10, 2010

Rogers (People in the News)

Flanders, Kelly, Neely, Tramel (People in the News)

May 6, 2010

Bake sales or Book Sales: Whatever it Takes

May 4, 2010

Historical Exhibit viewed at Pascagoula Library

JGRLS Technical Services Hits Milestone

Villa (People in the News)

Vance, SMA (People in the News)

The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library to host photograph exhibit on Mississippi’s outdoor sculptures

April 27, 2010

Fourth-annual festival a success at Mississippi State University Libraries

April 8, 2010

Children’s Book Festival Visitors Review Latest Work of Authors, Illustrators

March 31, 2010

Letter to principals of school librarians

March 30, 2010

LYRASIS Conference REFolution

April 11–17 is “National Library Week.” Let Your State Officials Know How Important Libraries Are to You!

March 17, 2010

ALA honoring MSU for digitization of Ulysses S. Grant Papers

March 16, 2010

MLA Poster Session Committee Welcomes Proposals

March 15, 2010

2010 Mississippi Library Association Conference Planning Forms

Southern Miss Children’s Book Festival to Feature Prominent Authors, Illustrators April 7-9

March 10, 2010

MLA-ACRL 2010 Spring Meeting

February 23, 2010

“Adequate funds must be a legislative priority.”

February 17, 2010

Stride into Ragtime and Jazz at Mississippi State University Libraries

February 12, 2010

Minority Scholarship Initiative at the University of Southern Mississippi

February 9, 2010

MLA annual conference keynote speakers – Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes of the comic Unshelved

February 3, 2010

Library System promotes staff; St. Amant, Carlisle, and Simpkins (People in the News)

February 2, 2010

URGENT ACTION ALERT: Get Librarians into the Job Bill

Grand Re-opening at Bay Library

January 29, 2010

Meet the Authors at Guyton Library, Blue Mountain College

January 25, 2010

MLA Legislative Day

Legislative Committee Meeting

MLA Executive Board Meeting

January 19, 2010

Author David Wiesner to visit University of Southern Mississippi

January 15, 2010

Patterson (People in the News)

Flanders (People in the News)

December 10, 2009

Pictures from Hancock County Library System

November 30, 2009

University of Southern Mississippi Receives IMLS Grant

November 9, 2009

Disaster Assistance

November 4, 2009

Marshall (People in the News)

MSU Libraries joins contemporary Japan program

October 31, 2009

Evaluate the 2009 MLA Annual Conference

October 28, 2009

Greening Libraries

October 23, 2009

MLA Annual Conference Presentations 2009

October 14, 2009

MSU Libraries celebrates archives month with Herring collection

October 8, 2009

Staff changes at First Regional Library (People in the News)

September 18, 2009

EMCC joins MSU-led regional library consortium

August 20, 2009

Ellisville Public Library grand opening

August 17, 2009

Haynes (People in the News)

August 10, 2009

New hires at the University of Mississippi Libraries (People in the News)

August 6, 2009

Campbell receives 2009 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Certificate

New Mississippi State University Libraries collection highlights Mississippi author

Cannady (People in the News)

July 17, 2009

Hancock Libraries reaching for new heights

July 14, 2009

Friends of Libraries U. S. A. Literary Landmark Designation for Eudora Welty

July 7, 2009

Waynesboro-Wayne County Library selected as E-WIN Job Center Access Point

Travis (People in the News)

June 2, 2009

Laughlin (People in the News)

May 11, 2009

Mirtz and Schreiber (People in the News)

Coleman (People in the News)

Philpot and Blue (People in the News)

May 7, 2009

Grant Association holds annual meeting at MSU Libraries

Lucedale Library Receives Book Grant from Toyota

Villa (People in the News)

May 4, 2009

New hires at MSU (People in the News)

April 29, 2009

Go Green Plant Swap at Waynesboro-Wayne County Library

Mississippi State University Libraries receive major Eudora Welty collection

April 27, 2009

Katrina Collection: Rebirth and Renewal exhibit at Katrina Research Center

April 24, 2009

Furr (People in the News)

April 22, 2009

Tail Wagging Tutors program at Kiln Public Library

Luncheon for officials at Hancock County Library System

April 20, 2009

Segars (People in the News)

Poster celebrating Dr. Gordon Gunter on display at Gunter Library

April 16, 2009

Linda Milner Fund

April 13, 2009

Hancock Library Reference Dept. wins award

Kovari (People in the News)

April 9, 2009

Favre (People in the News)

April 7, 2009

Vance (People in the News)

April 6, 2009

Technical Services Roundtable 2009 Spring Workshop

March 9, 2009

National Library Week: Celebrating a Century of Professional Leadership

March 5, 2009

Maples (People in the News)

March 2, 2009

Library Commission and Public Libraries Suffer Budget Cuts and Service Reductions

MLA Library Advocacy Day, a.k.a. Pie Day 2009

Southern Miss Libraries Co-host Exhibit

Hattiesburg Public Library Hosts Benjamin Franklin

February 27, 2009

Nominations for the MS Authors Award for 2009 are open until Friday, March 27, 2009

February 17, 2009

Papers of President Grant find a new home at MSU Libraries

January 29, 2009

Hewlett (People in the News)

January 22, 2009

Wolverton (People in the News)

January 14, 2009

Library Advocacy Day – Feb. 10th

January 8, 2009

Mississippi Library Association is 100 years old this year.

December 3, 2008

Hewlett (People in the News)

November 19, 2008

Shands (People in the News)

November 10, 2008

New appointments at University of Mississippi Libraries (People in the News)

November 5, 2008

Committee Preference Forms

October 21, 2008

Henderson (People in the News)

October 20, 2008

Thompson (People in the News)

Covington (People in the News)

October 8, 2008

Bolivar County Library System awarded Jenny Heroes grant

Mississippi Library Commission receives prestigious federal grant

October 7, 2008

Personnel changes at Millsaps College Library (People in the News)

October 3, 2008

CEU Information posted

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION EXTENDED THROUGH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10

October 1, 2008

E-resource Symposium Held at Mississippi State University

September 29, 2008

100,000th Item Checked Out at Lucedale-George County Public Library

September 15, 2008

Presidential Bash/Scholarship Fundraiser

September 4, 2008

Poster Session Abstracts

August 28, 2008

Conference schedule and registration forms are available

August 22, 2008

Pre-Conference Announced

August 15, 2008

Beardsley (People in the News)

August 8, 2008

Kiehl (People in the News)

August 6, 2008

MLA Annual Conference Hotel Information

July 23, 2008

Four New Librarians at First Regional Library (People in the News)

July 16, 2008

Booker (People in the News)

July 8, 2008

Community Emergency Response Team Training Hosted by Gunter Library

July 3, 2008

Second Mississippi Web 2.0 Summit is a success

10th anniversary for genealogy fair is a success

July 1, 2008

New appointments at MSU Libraries (People in the News)

June 27, 2008

Judy Blume at next Year’s Children’s Book Festival

Ragtime Melodies at Mississippi State University Libraries

MLA National Library Week Observation

Hancock County Library System Celebrates National Library Week

Libraries Letters About Literature

Durrett (People in the News)

Emanuel (People in the News)

Schmidt (People in the News)

Petersen (People in the News)

Branchwas (People in the News)

Goins (People in the News)

Young (People in the News)

March 17, 2008

National Library Week

February 1, 2008

Call for librarian artists!

November 9, 2007

Get involved–complete the MLA 2008 Committee Preference Form

March 24, 2007

Video–Why are public libraries important?

January 18, 2007

The New MLA Web site