{"id":15,"date":"2020-07-28T15:24:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T15:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socpls.lib.ms.us\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-07-02T15:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:23:24","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Starkville-Oktibbeha County Public Library System connects and enriches lives in our community by providing equitable access to diverse cultural and educational experiences. We celebrate imagination, promote creativity, connect people, and encourage lifelong learning. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>A community connected by curiosity, strengthened by shared knowledge, and enriched by the stories we tell together.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:35px\">Find out about library events on our calendar! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=starkvillelibrary%40gmail.com&amp;ctz=America%2FChicago\" style=\"border: 0\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Starkville-Oktibbeha County Public Library System connects and enriches lives in our community by providing equitable access to diverse cultural and educational experiences. We celebrate imagination, promote creativity, connect people, and encourage lifelong learning. Our Vision A community connected by curiosity, strengthened by shared knowledge, and enriched by the stories we tell together. Find out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1548,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}