Our Mission

The Pope County Library System is a center of community life, offering opportunities for people of all ages to learn, know, gather and grow.
The library is a dependable source of reliable information and of challenging ideas that enlighten and enrich, and of materials in many formats that enhance leisure time and expand knowledge. The library encourages the love of reading and the joy of learning, and offers the assistance people need to find, evaluate, and use electronic and print resources that support personal growth and development through lifelong learning; and in finding, evaluating, and using information effectively to help the citizens of Pope County live successful and rewarding lives.

Library News

 

Summer Reading Program Online Registration

Click Here for Children’s online registration

Click Here for Teen online registration

Click here for Adult online registration

 

Calling All Volunteers!

The Russellville Library has a new opportunity some of you may be interested in.  The Circulation Department would like to invite those interested in volunteering time to check in, sort or shelve books to call 968-4368 or drop by the Russellville Library to fill out an application or to find out more information.

Employment

The Russellville Public Library is accepting applications for (2) part-time desk clerks for the Teen & Adult Services Programming Department. For more information, follow this link: http://www.popelibrary.org/index.php/employment/ .

Accepting Book Donations

Patrons, please don’t forget, the Pope County Library System still accepts donations of books to use in our collections to help defray the cost of book purchases. These donations will help fill in holes in our collection, help stock the coming Book Store and Book Sales which will help raise money. We welcome book donations as we always have under the Bookmobile garage or at the front desk of any of our branches located in Atkins, Dover, Hector or Russellville. Thank you!

Shawn Pierce, Director
Pope County Library System

 

June Board of Trustees’ Meeting

The June Library Board of Trustees’ meeting will be Wednesday, June 19th at 4 p.m. at the Hector Public Library.

 

Freegal Music Database

Like free music? Mosey on over to our new Freegal Music Database by clicking here. Freegal Music gives you access to millions of songs from over 10,000 labels including the Sony Music catalog of your country. Login is your library card number, password is the last four digits of your phone number.

 

 

Summer Reading Program

It is time once again for the PCLS Children’s Summer Reading Program. This years theme for 2013 is “Dig into Reading”.

Don’t forget about our Teen and Adult summer reading programs! Registration begins May 6th.

 

Volunteer Opportunities at Pope County Library System

The Pope County Library System is accepting applications for Volunteers at the Russellville Library to help in the Book Store and with the Annual Book Sale. We have short term and long-term volunteer opportunities.
For more information visit: Volunteer Application

TumbleBooks

e-Books for e-Kids!
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you!  Pope County residents can enjoy access to TumbleBooks for free!

eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks through Library2Go

As a Pope County Library System card holder, you can download eBooks and audiobooks for free through Library2Go.  Our eBooks are compatible with the Kindle, NOOK, Sony Reader, many smartphones, and other devices.  Visit Library2Go to start downloading today.  Our Library2Go Help Page has resources available to help you get started.  Please contact our Library2Go experts at 479-968-4368 with any questions!
Updated: April 16, 2013