Bay Springs Library Brick Street Story Walk

This past Saturday our Bay Springs librarians, Libby and Marie, took part in the Bay Springs Chamber of Commerce Brick Street Bake-Off with a fun story walk. 📕 We appreciate everyone who participated and those who stopped by our booth to visit.😊

Library Card Sign-Up Month - ONE WEEK LEFT!

We're in the final days of National Library Card Sign-Up Month! 🤖 Have you gotten yours? We'd love for you to join the EMRL family! 😊 Come see us! (For more information about the requirements for applying for an EMRL library card, call us or visit our website: https://emrl.lib.ms.us/using-the-library/library-cards).

Banned Books Week 2024

“Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.” - from the ALA (American Library Association). 🚫📙🚫

To find out more information, visit https://www.ala.org/bbooks/banned.

REMINDER - Library Card Sign-Up Month

🤖 "'Autobots, roll out…to the library!' Whether you’re upgrading your skills, scouting for knowledge and information, or connecting with other heroic readers, a library card is your key to an arsenal of resources. Mine the library’s stacks and databases for new stories and adventures; kickstart your critical thinking skills to defeat the Decepticons of misinformation lurking online. Hitting the road? Use your library card to fuel your mind with books, e-books, and audiobooks." - ALA (American Library Association) 🤖 

National Library Card Sign-Up Month is quickly coming to an end! Stop by one of our branches in Bay Springs, Enterprise, Heidelberg, Pachuta, Quitman, or Stonewall, and sign up for an EMRL library card today! 🪪

Library Card Sign-Up Month - Don't Miss Out!

🤖 "When I got my library card, that was when my life began." - Rita Mae Brown (author) 🤖 

September is flying by! Have you signed up for your library card? Stop by and get signed up today! We'd love to see you! 😊 (If you need more information, call any one of our six branch locations, and our librarians will be happy to help. You can also visit our website: https://emrl.lib.ms.us/using-the-library/library-cards).

Library card sign-up month is going on now!

🤖 “The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.” ― EL Doctorow (author) 🤖 

National Library Card Sign-Up Month is going on now! Do YOU have an EMRL library card? If not, what are you waiting for? 🙂 Stop by one of our six branch locations and sign up for yours today! To find out more information, visit our website: https://emrl.lib.ms.us/using-the-library/library-cards

National Library Card Sign-Up Month

🤖 "A library card is the start of a lifelong adventure." ~ Lillian Jackson Braun 🤖 

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month! Stop by one of our six branch locations (Bay Springs, Enterprise, Heidelberg, Pachuta, Quitman, and Stonewall). and start your adventure today! We'd love to see you!

Time is Running Out!

❗❗TIME IS RUNNING OUT ❗❗ Return your overdue EMRL items by April 13th to have the late fees waived from your account! Call any of our branch locations for more information. ☎️ (NOTE: Lost and/or damaged items are not included in this promotion).

It's Fine-Free Week!

Have you recently stumbled across some EMRL items you forgot you had? 😳 Are you nervous about returning them? Please don't be! ❤️ It's FINE-FREE WEEK, so this would be an excellent opportunity to return those items and have the fines waived from your account. Call any of our branch locations for more information. Our librarians are happy to help in any way we can. (NOTE: Lost and/or damaged items are not included in this promotion).

Fine-Free Week is Back!

🎉FINE-FREE WEEK IS HERE!🎉 Let's celebrate National Library Week (April 7th-13th) by clearing your overdue fines! Visit any of our branch locations to find out more information. We can't wait for you to visit! 😊 (Please note that fees for lost and/or damaged library materials are not included in this promotion).

2024 National Library Week

First sponsored in 1958 by the American Library Association (ALA), National Library Week is observed by libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries - school, public, academic and special - participate. 

📖 HAPPY NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT THE EAST MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM! 📖

Seed Library Program Returns

🍅🍆 IT'S BACK! Stop by and participate in our popular give-and-take seed library program! Fun for the whole family! 🍎🍊

EMRL's Merrehope Christmas Tree

Opening day of Trees of Christmas at Merrehope is this Sunday, November 19th! Stop by and see EMRL’s beautiful Mississippi Authors Christmas tree! 

🎅 Tours open November 19th – December 31st 

🎄 Monday - Saturday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM 

🎅 Sunday: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 

🎄 Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day 

🎅 Adults $15 | Military & Senior Citizens $10 | Students $5 

🎄 Address: 905 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Meridian, MS

Food for Fines starts today!

DON'T FORGET! Our Food for Fines promotion starts today and will continue through December 20th! Every non-perishable food item donated counts as $1 off existing overdue fines, but you don't have to owe fines to donate. Every little bit helps those in need in Jasper county and Clarke county. (PLEASE NOTE: Fines for lost and/or damaged items are not included in this promotion). Contact any of our six branch locations for more information. 

Banned Books Week 2023

❌📚❌ It’s Banned Books Week 2023! ❌📚❌ 

“Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.” - from the American Library Association. 

To find out more information, visit www.bannedbooksweek.org.

Get your library card today!

🔥"From borrowing books to learning new skills or attending story time, a library card helps you do more of what you enjoy. Get a library card and dive into a new hobby. Use your library card to spark your creativity. A library card is your most important school supply—it's elemental, really—and everyone should have one!"🔥 

Stop by one of our branches in Bay Springs, Enterprise, Heidelberg, Pachuta, Quitman, or Stonewall, and sign up for a library card today! We can't wait to see you! 🪪

Library Card Sign-Up Month

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month! Stop by one of our branch locations in Bay Springs, Enterprise, Heidelberg, Pachuta, Quitman, or Stonewall, and sign up today! We'd love to see you! 🙂 (If you need more information, call any one of our branch locations. Our librarians are always here to help!)

Get your library card today!

🔥"When I got my library card, that was when my life began." - Rita Mae Brown (author)🔥 

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month! Stop by one of our six branch locations and get yours today! 🪪 We'd love to see you!

Sign up today!

💦“The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.” ― EL Doctorow (author)💦 

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month! 🪪 Stop by one of our six branch locations and get yours today! We'd love to see you!

Library Card Sign-Up Month

🔥"A library card is the start of a lifelong adventure." ~ Lillian Jackson Braun🔥 

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month! 🪪 Stop by one of our six branch locations and start your adventure today! We'd love to see you!