Public Libraries

Pete speaks with Springdale Public Library Director of Marketing Nina Hodgson about the new 'Library of Things' program, which provides the community with free access to a growing collection of resources.

Yesterday, Oct. 2, Heartland Forward – a policy think-and-do tank dedicated to serving communities in the middle of the country – announced an initiative to expand telehealth access in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis attended their press conference at the Fayetteville Public Library and brought us this report.

You will soon be able to receive new, limited library cards at the Springdale Public Library. Artist Zeke Pena designed the new cards and included exclusive, seasonally-themed artwork for Hispanic Heritage Month and Library Card Sign-Up Month. The library will issue 500 limited-edition cards. This week, Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams dropped into the library to talk with Nina Hodgson, the marketing director, about the card and the library.

On today's show, legislators in Arkansas plan to loosen gun regulations. Also, abortion is on the ballot in Missouri this fall. Plus, remembering Sept. 11, 2001.

Later this month, the Bentonville Public Library will close for about four weeks. However, staff will remain in the building. The closure will allow the library expansion project to reach the finish line. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams sat down with Hadi Dudley, director of the Bentonville Public Library, in the current children’s library area, to find out what will occur when the library is closed from Sept. 29th through Oct. 27.

On today's show, the Arkansas branch of Goodwill is phasing out plastic shopping bags. Also, learning from a decade of packing and delivering meals to neighbors nearby and far away. Plus, we are nearing the finish line on the Bentonville Public Library expansion.

The Bentonville Public Library's new book sorter has officially been named: Bookie Monster.

On today's show, officials in Carroll County are in favor of a pending wind energy plant— But residents remain skeptical. Also, a trip through the Pryor Center archives for the Tontitown Grape Festival. Plus, we hear name suggestions for an automatic book sorter at the Bentonville Public Library.

Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams speaks with Bentonville Public Library's Tara Cloud Clark about the facility's new automatic 9-bin book-sorting machine and the effort to give the equipment a fitting monicker.

On today's show, a conversation with a meteorologist from the National Weather Service about Tornado Alley and the science behind storm tracking. Also, a new addition at the Bentonville Public Library helps with a growing collection of material. Plus, an interview with author Uchenna Awoke about his debut novel, "The Liquid Eye of a Moon."