Director & Board
Library Director
Greta Southard
Board of Trustees
- President / Alice Ryle / Burlington / Term Ends: 2010
- Vice President / Pam Goetting / Hebron / Term Ends: 2012
- Secretary / Nancy Grayson / Walton / Term Ends: 2013
- Treasurer / Jim Henning / Florence / Term Expires: 2012
- Chris Grubbs / Verona / Term Expires: 2013
Past Board Members
Ted Bushelman, Virginia Kohl, Gertrude Matheny, Arlene Tackett, Don Ravencraft, Emily Reeves, Barbara Dye, Harold Grall, Virginia Baker, Kathleen Utz, Delores Burke, Connie Flynn, Michael McKinney, Terry Edwards, Mike Apgar, W. Lee Scheben, and Charolette Kemper.
Library Governance
The Library Board is governed by by-laws.
Meeting Schedule
The Boone County Public Library Board of Trustees meets monthly on the third Thursday at 5:00 p.m. Meetings are held at least one time each year at each library branch. All other meetings are held at the Main Library. Board meetings are open to the public.
Library Chronology and History
- 1973 Nov. 6: Boone County voters establish a library district
- 1973 Dec. 17: BCPL Board of Trustees meets for the first time
- 1974 Mar.: Site purchased for the new library building
- 1974 Jul.: Jane Smith hired as Library Director
- 1974 Oct. 14: Library opens in temporary quarters on Girard Street in Florence
- 1975 Jul. 17: Groundbreaking ceremony for the new library
- 1976 Jun. 20: New library at 7425 U.S. 42 dedicated
- 1976 Jun. 30: Annual circulation exceeds 100,000
- 1982 Jun. 30: Annual circulation exceeds 200,000
- 1985 Apr. 22: Lucinda Brown hired as Library Director
- 1989 Apr. 23: Lents Branch Library opens for business
- 1989 Jun. 30: Annual circulation exceeds 300,000
- 1993 Oct.: BCPL bookmobile retired
- 1994 Apr. 15: Library operations go online
- 1994 Jun. 25: Walton Branch Library opens for business
- 1995 Jun. 30: Annual circulation exceeds 400,000
- 1996 Sep. 15: Public Internet access offered in all library branches
- 1997 Jun. 30: Annual circulation exceeds 500,000
- 2000 Mar. 4: Scheben Branch Library opens for business
- 2001 Dec. 1: Florence Branch reopens after expansion and renovation
- 2004 Jun. 30: Annual circulation exceeds 750,000
- 2006 Jun. 30: Annual circulation exceeds 900,000
- 2006 Oct. 22: Chapin Memorial Library opens under BCPL management in the new Petersburg Community Center
- 2008 Jan. 5: Main Library opens for business
- 2009 Jun. 30: Annual circulation exceeds 1.4 million
- 2009 Sep. 8: Greta Southard hired as Library Director
- Full Library History