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Liberty Pawls The Liberty Library offers a variety of programs. Free WiFi, free DVD checkouts, free book checkout Mrs. Arie Robinson Stewart was one of the librarians. M. S.

The present Liberty Public Library was dedicated on March 7, 1976. The then new structure was the cooperative effort of local, county, state and federal funds at a cost of $100,840.50. DeElla Jones was librarian and Jane Bryan was the PAWLS director. The first public library in Liberty was funded by WPA and located in the Amite County Courthouse. The library ceased to exist until 1959 when Mayor Ray Martin cut the ribbon at the library's new location (donated by Sam Roberts) in a wooden building on Main Street. Fred Le Blanc was the librarian. The library moved again in 1968 to the historic Little Red Schoolhouse. The building, built prior to 1840, was once part of the Amite Female Seminary founded by the Rev. Shirk in 1853. The two-story building was once connected to the main building of the seminary by an elevated walkway. Union troops burned all of the structures except the schoolhouse during Civil War raids on Liberty. Mary Van Norman Ratliff chaired the committee to restore the building for a library. The town of Liberty and the county of Amite were created by the territorial legislature on February 24, 1809. Located on Highway 24 and 48 near the center of the county, Liberty's earliest name was "Three-chopped Way" referring to the Indian trail that ran through it. No explanation is given as to how the town was named Liberty, but the county is named for the Amite River. Liberty is also known as the birthplace of Dr. Tichenor's famous antiseptic. The Tichenor house is still standing in Liberty. Laura Stokes is the current branch manager.

09/04/2026

Story Hour is back! Be sure to join us!

08/31/2026
06/26/2026

This is the Story Hour and Event Schedule for July!

06/09/2026

Exciting news for avid readers!!!
As of July 1, 2026, the Pike-Amite-Walthall Library System will have a new, easy-to-use, eBook and eAudiobook service! CloudLibrary offers great new titles for all ages and links to your existing library card. You requested more digital titles – we delivered!

Use CloudLibrary on many devices including:
• Apple Devices
• Android tablets and phones
• Kindle Fire devices
• PCs, Macs and Chromebooks
• Web app

The set-up is simple – download the app, login one time with your library card, and start exploring eBooks and eAudiobooks anytime, anywhere! Check out up to 5 titles at a time, and keep them for 21 days, when the titles automatically expire from your account.

This new service will include many of the digital books available in our former Overdrive collection and our Hoopla Flex titles, new digital books purchased directly for CloudLibrary, as well as titles available from other libraries in this state that we have partnered with.

There will be no access to Overdrive (Libby) after June 30th, so if you have any titles on hold, please visit the CloudLibrary app to check out titles or place a new hold request after July 1st.

We will post reminders as the date draws closer.

06/03/2026

Summer Reading has begun, and we're having a blast! Be sure to join us!

05/22/2026

The Library will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2026, in honor of Memorial Day!

Come join us every Friday at 11:00 for story-time as we kick off our summer reading program, please don't miss out.!
05/13/2026

Come join us every Friday at 11:00 for story-time as we kick off our summer reading program, please don't miss out.!

This is the Story Hour and Event Schedule for June!

Address

156 Clinic Drive
Liberty, MS
39645

Opening Hours

Monday 10:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 10:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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(601) 657-8781

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