Library in the News
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2024
August 2024
08/15/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
New Branch Manager Jackson Hired To Lead Ash Grove, Willard Library Locations
08/14/2024 - Greene County Commonwealth
Here’s Who Is Serving on CFO and Library District Boards for 2024-25*
08/03/2024 - News-Leader
July 2024
07/31/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
No Excuse, in Person Absentee Voting Is Underway for the August 6 Primary
07/23/2024 - KSMU
No-Excuse Absentee Voting Begins in Missouri
07/23/2024 - KY3
No Excuse In-Person Absentee Voting for Missouri Primary Election Begins Tuesday
07/22/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
07/17/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
Summer 2024 Architects & Engineers Project Report*
07/12/2024 - Springfield Business Journal
07/03/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
What’s Happening in Springfield? Ozark Empire Fair, 20+ Things To Do in July*
07/01/2024 - News-Leader
June 2024
Library Board Chooses Budget With Largest Raise Option for Employees*
06/22/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Sense of Community: Summer Reading Program
06/20/2024 - Ozarks Public Television
06/18/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
Library District Appoints Next Leader*
06/13/2024 - Springfield Business Journal
06/12/2024 - KSMU
Springfield-Greene Country Library Names New Executive Director*
06/12/2024 - News-Leader
Springfield-Greene County Library District Hires Executive Director
06/12/2024 - KY3
New Springfield-Greene County Library Director Has 40 Years of Leadership Experience*
06/12/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
June Films at the Moxie Cinema
06/05/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
06/05/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
06/01/2024 - KY3
May 2024
Juneteenth, Ozarks Pridefest and 20+ Other Things To Do Around Springfield This June*
05/31/2024 - News-Leader
Don’t Miss the Summer Reading Program at Springfield-Greene County Library District
05/22/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
In Its First Year, CASA Clubhouse Serving More Kids in More Ways Than Imagined*
05/13/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Answer Man: My House Built in 1902 Makes Strange Noises at Night*
05/12/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
People Are Awesome: Salvation Army Week, KSMU Turns 50 and a Special Olympics Dance Clinic*
05/11/2024 - News-Leader
05/10/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
Library’s Midtown Carnegie Branch Closes for Renovations*
05/06/2024 - Springfield Business Journal
The Story of Si Siman: Springfield’s Legendary Country Music Producer*
05/02/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Midtown Carnegie Library to Close for Renovations May 6
05/01/2024 - KSMU
April 2024
Benefit Book Sale Breaks Another Record*
04/29/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Friends Spring Book Sale Sets Record for Amount Sold
04/29/2024 - KSMU
Midtown Carnegie Library to Close for Renovations
04/26/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
Springfield Bookstores Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day — And Milestone Anniversaries*
04/25/2024 - News-Leader
Friends of the Library Booksale Kicked off With Preview Tuesday
04/25/2024 - KSMU
Friends of the Library Spring 2024 Book Sale in Springfield Begins
04/24/2024 - KY3
04/23/2024 - KSMU
Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale
04/22/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
Friends of the Library’s Annual Sale Set for April 24-28*
04/21/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Springfield Community Gardens Offers Variety of Services With Help of Federal Grant Money
04/18/2024 - KY3
Library Board Decides on All-New Building for Republic Location*
04/17/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Friends of the Library Is Gearing up for the Spring Book Sale
04/15/2024 - KSMU
Springfield Library Branch Closing for 10 Months for Necessary Upgrades
04/12/2024 - KY3
Springfield-Greene County Library Auditorium Project Receives Boost
04/11/2024 - KSMU
Services at Midtown Library Shifted for May 6 Closure*
04/11/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
04/04/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
04/04/2024 - KSMU
Celestial Lesson: Springfield Teachers Prepare Students To Explore Upcoming Eclipse*
04/04/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
March 2024
People Are Awesome: Library Book Sale, Tool Belts and Bow Ties and Radiothon Results*
03/30/2024 - News-Leader
03/27/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
Library Chooses Two Republic Expansion Plans for Construction Manager To Develop*
03/22/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Architect: Republic Library Building Better Renovated Than Demolished*
03/14/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
03/13/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
Start Plants From Seeds and Eat What You Grow*
03/07/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
One Book, One Community, One Read
03/04/2024 - KSMU
03/04/2024 - KY3
25+ March Activities Happening in Springfield, Including the St. Patrick’s Day Parade*
03/01/2024 - News-Leader
February 2024
Explore the Intertwined Relationships Between Humans and Plants at March’s First Friday Art Walk*
02/29/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
02/28/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
A Brief Guide To March 2024’s First Friday Art Walk
02/27/2024 - KSMU
Stretch Your Family’s Dollars: Free and Cheap Activities Around Springfield*
02/14/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Children’s Storytimes at Area Public Libraries This Month Celebrate Black Authors and Illustrators
02/08/2024 - KSMU
Republic Library Appears Poised To Stay at Current Location*
02/08/2024 - Springfield Daily Citizen
02/07/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
Partnerships and Grants Bring Produce From the Farm to the Library
02/02/2024 - KSMU
File Under ‘Generational Shift.’ Gen Z, Millennials Patronize Libraries More Than Retirees*
02/01/2024 - News-Leader
Heirloom Seed Library Offers 40+ Seed Varieties to Springfield Library Patrons for Free*
02/01/2024 - News-Leader
02/01/2024 - KY3
January 2024
01/31/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
Springfield-Greene County Library District To Celebrate National Seed Swap Day
01/25/2024 - KSMU
The Library’s Winter Reading Program
01/19/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
The Library’s Children’s Genre
01/19/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
Extreme Cold Leads to Closures of 2 Springfield Libraries This Week
01/17/2024 - KY3
01/17/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
01/03/2024 - OzarksFirst.com
2023
December 2023
12/27/2023 - Springfield Business Journal
Need a Break From Winter Break? It’s a Great Week for Kids Activities at the Library*
12/25/2023 - Springfield News-Leader
12/20/2023 - OzarksFirst.com
Interim Director Appointed To Lead Library District*
12/15/2023 - Springfield Business Journal
Courthouse Chorale Celebrates the Holidays at the Midtown Carnegie Library
12/15/2023 - KSMU
Library Promotes Interim Director To Lead Through Search Process
12/13/2023 - Springfield Daily Citizen
12/06/2023 - OzarksFirst.com
Springfield Library Center Stocking Store for Kids To Buy Gifts for Others
12/01/2023 - KY3
November 2023
Library Board To Use Search Firm for Finding New Director*
11/27/2023 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Architect Chosen, Library Searches for Builder of New Republic Branch*
11/26/2023 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Springfield Library’s Holiday Store Offers Kid-Friendly Gift Shopping
11/26/2023 - OzarksFirst.com
Free Produce Community Fridge Opens in Springfield, MO.
11/23/2023 - KY3
Half a Million Dollars To Feed People With Community Gardens*
11/22/2023 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Springfield Veteran Preserves Piece of History From JFK Assassination
11/22/2023 - OzarksFirst.com
11/22/2023 - OzarksFirst.com
11/08/2023 - OzarksFirst.com
11/07/2023 - KSMU
October 2023
Don’t Miss Horror Author Grady Hendrix
10/31/2023 - OzarksFirst.com
“Oh the Horror” Series: Marc Hartzman
10/26/2023 - OzarksFirst.com
One of Three Options for New Republic Library Eliminated*
10/19/2023 - Springfield Daily Citizen
A Future Location of Republic’s Library Stirs Debate
10/17/2023 - KY3
Springfield Artist Revives 18th Century Form of Moving Pictures With Show Featuring ‘Crankies’*
10/16/2023 - Springfield Daily Citizen
“Oh, the Horror!” Offers Variety of Programs as Halloween Approaches
10/11/2023 - KSMU
10/11/2023 - OzarksFirst.com
10/02/2023 - OzarksFirst.com
September 2023
09/27/2023 - OzarksFirst.com
5 Mellow Places To Take Toddlers and Young Kids in Springfield*
09/21/2023 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Longtime Library District Director To Retire*
09/21/2023 - Springfield Business Journal
Director of the Springfield-Greene County Library District Announces Retirement
09/20/2023 - KSMU
Longtime Director of Springfield-Greene County Library To Retire*
09/20/2023 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Leader of Springfield-Greene County Library District Will Retire at the End of 2023*
09/20/2023 - News-Leader
Konrad Stump, Library Center Archivist on ‘Oh the Horror’, October Library Programs With John
09/19/2023 - Sharing Stories of the Crossroads
Grab a New Book for as Cheap as 50 Cents at Springfield Book Sale
09/13/2023 - KY3
09/13/2023 - OzarksFirst.com
Books and More Available for Purchase at Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale This Week
09/12/2023 - KSMU
The Place: Friends of the Library Book Sale
09/07/2023 - KY3
Final GeezerFest Sends off Band, Starts off Fundraising Campaign for Library Auditorium*
09/02/2023 - Springfield Daily Citizen
Close Out Summer With These 20 September Events, Including the Semi-Annual Fall Book Sale*
09/01/2023 - News-Leader
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Community Relations Director
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Library Administration
Jim Schmidt
Interim Director/Associate Director
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