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New Bartlesville Public Library mural honors former librarian
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and last updated 2021-07-16 22:26:36-04
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. â The Bartlesville Public Library continues to honor one of its librarians more than 70 years after she was fired.
A new mural greets visitors outside the Bartlesville Public Library. It depicts children sitting around Miss Ruth Brown while she reads to them. Miss Brown was a fixture at the library from 1919 to 1950.
âShe was instrumental in trying to make sure that anyone who walked through the door was very welcome and the library was for everyone, said Shellie McGill, director of the Bartlesville Public Library.
Oklahoma Library System Expands Internet Access After Pilot
The Bartlesville Public Library announced its permanent move to increase Internet bandwidth after receiving positive feedback on an emergency increase due to COVID-19 in April. by Daisy Creager, Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise / January 8, 2021 Shutterstock/Grenar
(TNS) The Bartlesville Public Library is permanently increasing its Internet bandwidth following positive feedback from a temporary state-funded boost.
In April, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission s approved a temporary emergency increase in bandwidth, the volume of information sent over the Internet in a second, for public schools, libraries and health care facilities throughout the state to accommodate changes needed for the pandemic.