{"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":"2026-03-09T12:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:59:36","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socpls.square.site\/product\/the-grape-gatsby-event-ticket\/39?cs=true&amp;cst=custom\">Buy your tickets for the 2026 Grape Gatsby Fundraiser!<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Click the image below to sponsor the Grape Gatsby!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/index.php\/the-grape-gatsby\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-Grape-Gatsby-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-Grape-Gatsby-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-Grape-Gatsby-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-Grape-Gatsby-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-Grape-Gatsby-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-Grape-Gatsby-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-Grape-Gatsby.png 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" 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. Buy your tickets for the 2026 Grape Gatsby Fundraiser! Click the image below to sponsor the Grape Gatsby! Find out about [&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":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1501,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkville.lib.ms.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1501"}],"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}]}}