Missouri Public Library Directors

The Missouri Public Library Directors was organized "to maintain an association of Missouri public library directors or their designees interested in the sharing of information about matters of mutual concern and in pursuing common goals through participation in legislative and other activities at the state and federal levels."     MPLD Bylaws, Article II, Section 1.

The Missouri Public Library Directors meet on the Thursday and Friday of the first week of June and December of each year, to discuss matters of mutual interest. The next meeting is December 4-5, 2008 at the Resort at Port Arrowhead, Lake Ozark, MO.

Officers:

President: Karen Hayden (Little Dixie Regional Library)

Vice President: Susan Wray (Joplin Public Library)

Treasurer: Jackie Thomas (Poplar Bluff Public Library)

Secretary: Steve Campbell (North Kansas City Public Library)

 

General Counsel: Kent L. Brown

Resources:

• List of Past Presidents of MPLD
• "Being an Agent of Change When All You Can do is Tread Water": Rivkah Sass' program at MPLD June 2, 2006 (45.2 Mb .wav file)
• MPLD Master List of Library Directors

  Note: Many of the Email addresses in the MPLD Master List will stop working when MOREnet terminates Email service for the the 'real.more.net' domain. If you have one of these '@real.more.net' addresses, plese contact the Webmaster, mike.good@henrycolib.org, so that your new address can be entered onto the Master List.

• MPLD Pictorial Directory by Director's Name
• MPLD Pictorial Directory by Library Name
• MPLD Paid Members List at Poplar Bluff Library
• MPLD Paid Members List 09-25-2006 in html
• MPLD Paid Members List 09-25-2006 as .xls file
• MPLD Bylaws
• MPLD Financial Report (to December 31, 2005)
• State Tax Commission of Missouri Presentation
  • PowerPoint Version (177 Kb)
  • HTML Version (550 Kb)
• Missouri Library Directory
• Missouri State Statistics 2003 - HTML version (1.82 Mb) - use Internet Explorer 5.5 or newer; uses Microsoft specific code that does not work well with other browsers
• Missouri State Statistics 2003 - Excel file (752 Kb)
• State Library Development: Annual Satistical Reports
• Missouri Library Statistics
• mpld Mailing List web page at MOREnet
  
• Semi-Annual Meetings:
  • June 2008 Meeting: Conference Information | Meeting Agenda
  • December 2007 Meeting: General Information | Agenda
  • June 2007 Meeting: General Information | Agenda
  • December 2006 Meeting: General Information | Agenda
  • June 2006 Meeting: General Information | Agenda | Minutes
  • December 2005 Meeting: General Information | Agenda | Minutes
  • June 2005 Meeting: General Information | Agenda
  • December 2004 Meeting: General Information | Agenda
  • June 2004 Meeting: General Information | Minutes
  • December 2003 Meeting: General Information | Agenda | Minutes
  • June 2003 Meeting: General Information | Agenda | Minutes

Administration:

• Public Library directors who wish to join the MPLD contact Jackie Thomas at the Poplar Bluff Public Library.
• DUES: MPLD dues are to be paid in June of each year. 2007 MPLD annual dues are $30.00.
• To make changes in the MPLD Master List of Library Directors contact the Webmaster, mike.good@henrycolib.org, at the Henry County Library.
• MOREnet is providing the mpld mailing list for MPLD members. It is a closed list, which means that subscriptions are held until approved by the list moderator. At present, the message archive is available only to list members. To subscribe visit the mpld Mailing List page at MOREnet and fill out and submit the subscription form.