April 8-14 is National Library Week this year. Throughout this week, libraries are celebrated for their impact and influence in their communities. It is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. Here’s what’s happening:
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A retirement reception was held in Marilyn Thomas’s honor at the Garden City branch on Saturday. Family, co-workers, and many, many library patrons and residents stopped by to congratulate Marilyn.
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Robin Tucker has been the Branch Manager of the Archie branch since July 2016. If you haven’t stopped in and
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The new location of the Northern Resource Center opened on November 14, 2016. The Library Board of Trustees and the Chambers of Commerce of Belton, Raymore and Peculiar held a ribbon cutting on November 30th to mark the occasion.
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After over 10 years as manager of the Archie Branch of Cass County Public Library, Gail Roberts is retiring from the position.
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What could be better than story time at the library? Don’t miss these special guest presenters this summer.
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Cass County Public Library staff members will participate in the Cass Community Health Foundation’s 22nd Annual Walk for Health.
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At the recent monthly meeting of the library board of trustees, members welcomed a newly appointed member, Phil Kohler, to the board.
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Randy Miller, an economic development director and farmer from Pleasant Hill, recently resigned from the library board after 17 years of service to the library and the community.
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We recently participated in a state-wide project to record and document a typical day in the life of a public library. On that day, library staff members made a special effort to take pictures of anything and everything going on in the library. Our staff took photos of many typical activities – patrons using the wireless internet, children making crafts, a group discussing a book, staff behind the circulation desk, a library courier sorting books in the garage – and posted it all on Facebook with the hashtag #molibraries.
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The Cass County Commission appointed Becky Klein to serve on the five-member Cass County Public Library Board of Trustees.
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The library recently thanked Peggy Dryden for her years of dedicated leadership and support.
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In honor of National Library Week (April 12 – 18), several local papers published a column written by Cass County Public Library board president, Mary Dobson. The full column is reprinted below.
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Hi! I’m Lauren Smith, the new children’s librarian for Cass County Northern Resource Center!
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We sounded the alarm a few weeks ago about looming budget shortfalls caused by Governor Nixon’s cuts to library funds. We would like to thank everyone who shared the article on social media, called to us to express your concern and took the time to sign the petition.
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