All Library branches will be closed and the Mobile Library will not make its scheduled stops on Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
MOBIUS Information
The Schweitzer Brentwood Branch remains closed due to a maintenance issue. During this period, the drive-through will remain open, offering service from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Library in the News
*Articles from the News-Leader, Springfield Business Journal and Greene County Commonwealth may require a subscription for access.
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
Media Contacts
Community Relations
Vickie Hicks
Community Relations Director
Morgan Shannon
Copywriter
Library Administration
Jim Schmidt
Interim Director/Associate Director
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