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The Sikeston Public Library, through its membership in Missouri Evergreen Consortium, is live on MessageBee SMS through a partnership with Unique Management Services and Equinox Open Library Initiative

“We were thrilled to learn about Equinox’s partnership with Unique Management Services to help ensure more reliable patron notifications,” said Ron Eifert, library director. “Equinox and Unique Management Services have a long history of great support for libraries and MessageBee is already proving to be a game changer for informing and staying engaged with our community.”

The MesesageBee service manages important library notifications sent via text message. “In the past, cellular carriers have de-prioritized these notifications, resulting in patrons not receiving the messages that they have books waiting for them,” Eifert said. “MessageBee is addressing that issue. In addition, we are able to send notifications about expiring library accounts to avoid interruptions in service, along with notifications about pending due dates and overdue materials.”

“We are pleased to partner with Unique Management Services to provide MessageBee SMS to libraries,” said Rogan Hamby, Data and Project Manager at Equinox. “When libraries can connect easily with patrons in the format they prefer, it improves their experience. We are happy to support MessageBee within the Missouri Evergreen Consortium.”

After being closed for two weeks, the Sikeston Public Library opened on Monday, August 26 with a new look.

The original carpeting, which had been in place since the library expansion opened in the mid-1990s, has been replaced with a mixture of carpeting and vinyl tile in high-traffic areas, and we have moved from blue-gray carpeting to tones of brown and gray.

While we were closed and moving shelves, some sections of the library have been rearranged for better traffic flow and to reflect how patrons use the library.

Future improvements include new public access computers and renovations to the lobby of the library.

 

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For our e-book readers…there’s a new and improved way to browse, check out, and read e-books through MoLib2Go. Libby is a more user-friendly app that has just been made available to the general public. We at the library have been testing the app in its beta stages for weeks; we really enjoy using it, and hope that you will too!

Libby is available in the app stores for Apple, Google and Microsoft. Try it for yourself, and let us know if we can help you with setup or any questions you might have.