Press Releases
9/1/2021
The Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County is pleased to announce it has been awarded an American Rescue Plant Act (ARPA) grant for $100,000. With these funds, the municipal libraries plan to convert their materials inventory and circulation control technology from barcodes to RFID (Radio-frequency identification) tags. RFID will allow the MLC libraries to provide a higher level of service to patrons through a better inventory of the collection and a more efficient check-out process. By implementing RFID technology, both patrons and library staff will benefit from increased efficiency and ease.
Implementing RFID also enables future possibilities for our libraries. We look forward to continuing to provide our communities with safe and comprehensive library services as the public health crisis continues.
This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
7/19/2021
The Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County is pleased to announce it has been awarded an ARPA grant for $225,000. With these funds, the library will purchase ebooks, eaudiobooks, and emagazines to enrich our existing Overdrive collections. This generous grant will allow the libraries to keep up with the significantly increased demand for ematerials that we have seen since the stay at home orders of 2020.
With this project, the consortium libraries will create a legacy ematerials collection that will benefit our library patrons for many years to come. We look forward to continuing to provide our communities with safe and comprehensive library services as the public health crisis continues.
This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
7/10/2020
The Webster Groves Public Library is pleased to announce it has been awarded a CARES grant for $17,000. With these funds, the library plans to provide online access to huge variety of magazines and periodicals. In the coming months, it may be difficult or dangerous for patrons to visit the physical library to check out paper periodicals. This is especially true for our most vulnerable populations.
With this new eMagazine subscription, we hope to give patrons a safe, easy avenue to enjoy thousands of magazines on a variety of subjects and in a variety of languages.
We look forward to continuing to provide our patrons with safe and comprehensive library services as the public health crisis continues.
This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
7/5/2020
The Kirkwood Public Library is pleased to announce it has been awarded a CARES grant for $18,000. With these funds, the library plans to purchase hotspots and staff equipment that will enable expanded library outreach services to senior living facilities. In the coming months, it will be may be difficult or dangerous for our patrons to visit the physical library to check out materials and use our resources. This is especially true for our most vulnerable populations.
With this project, we hope to give patrons a safe, easy avenue to enjoy the library from a safer distance.
We look forward to continuing to provide our patrons with safe and comprehensive library services as the public health crisis continues.
This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
7/10/2020
The Richmond Heights Memorial Library is pleased to announce it has been awarded a CARES grant for $12,000. With these funds, the library will build upon our existing ebook and eaudio collection on the Overdrive platform. For the foreseeable future, it will be significantly safer and easier for patrons to borrow and enjoy e-resources in lieu of physical books. This generous grant will allow the library to keep up with the significantly increased demand for ematerials that we have seen since the stay at home orders in mid-March.
The library is eager to provide safe and comprehensive access to as many materials as possible in these challenging times.
This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
7/17/2020
Rock Hill Public Library has been awarded $8,531 from the CARES Grant. The money will be used to purchase new laptops and Chromebooks. These devices will be available for checkout inside the library to encourage social distancing upon reopening. This acquisition could potentially lead to circulation of devices outside the library.
This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
