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The Monticello Library will close early Friday, December 5 at 4:00 p.m. in order to celebrate the Southeast Arkansas Regional Library Christmas party.
We will open as usual Saturday, December 6 at 9:00 a.m.

The Monticello Branch Library is pleased to provide free wireless connection to the Internet for patrons with their own Laptops or PDA’s.
Patrons who utilize this service are responsible for complying with the Internet Use Policy of the Library, which is printed on a hand-out available at the desk.Users are also responsible for knowing how to [...]

Have you been recently diagnosed with diabetes? Or do you have a family member who is diabetic? Then, drop by the Monticello Branch Library. We have many book on the prevention and controlling of Type 2 diabetes, guides on menu planning, several cookbooks for diabetics and material on diabetes in children.
Also, we subscribe to two [...]

The Monticello Friends of the Library Executive Board met October 14 to plan their annual public meeting in November. This year the Friends plan to host a brown bag lunch at the Monticello Library on Election Day, November 4.

The Monticello Branch Library proudly announces the second half of a shipment of books donated by Dr. Edgar W. Spencer, former Monticello resident.  Dr. Spencer, who currently resides in Lexington, Virginia, makes this gift of books about the earth sciences in memory of his parents, Terrel Ford and Allie Belle Spencer. The first half of [...]

Did you know that your public library has Large Print books?
The Monticello Branch Library has many best seller books set in a larger-than-usual font. They are housed in a separate section of the library, and have “LP” on the spine label.
For seniors or anyone having vision problems, the larger font makes reading so much more [...]

The Monticello Branch Library is proud to announce we have been chosen to participate in “Picturing America”, the newest initiative of the “We the People” grant program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. This grant provides 40 large laminated posters and a resource book to be shared with local teachers.

This week’s flag of the week is at the Monicello Branch Library, surrounded by a display devoted to the 2008 Olympics.
There are many books about the olympics aand the sports involved.
Please drop by your library and browse.

Originally thought-up by Salonica H.
The Monticello library is a great place.
You can come relax in peace,
You can even read a book or 2
There are so many wonderful things you can do.
You can check out a book….
About learning to cook,
or how to use a fishing hook.

The second week of the Monticello Branch Library Summer Reading Program had a good attendance June 17 of 64 children and 22 adults. 
Branch Manager, Nona Dumas, read stories, handed out door prizes and every child took home color sheets. 

The program will continue through July, ending with a finale on July 24.  All children ages [...]

A reception was held at the Monticello Branch Library to “Meet the Artists” whose work was exhibited in the Pines Art Show and Sale.