Our mission is to help the citizens of Maryville succeed and enjoy life by reading, learning, creating, and connecting.

B300GoalsandObjectives Adopted Aug.2025

MaryvilleLibraryFY2026BudgetApproved

MaryvilleLibraryUseSummaryFY2025

Audited Financial Statements of Maryville Public Library FY2024

MaryvillePublicLibraryAuditedFinancialStatementsFY2023

MaryvilleLibraryUseSummaryFY2024

The primary source of income for the Maryville Public Library is a 28-cent property tax levy per $100 of Assessed Valuation. The tax is levied within the city limits of Maryville.

Board of Trustees

The Maryville Public Library is run by a nine-member volunteer Executive Board of Trustees. The Library Board meets regularly at noon on the second Tuesday of every month. A selection of board documents from the upcoming or most recent library board meeting are below.

LibraryBoardMinutesRegularMeetingMay13..2025

LibraryBoardMinutesRegularMeetingApril8.2025

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE RESTORATION OF HISTORIC WINDOWS, DOOR FRAMES, AND MOULDING

AmendedContractAgreement Asbestos & Lead Paint Testing May2025

B300.01FacilityMaintenanceGuide2026-2028 DRAFT

LibraryBoardMinutesRegularMeetingMarch11.2025

LibraryBoardMinutesRegularMeetingFebruary11,2025

LibraryBoardMinutesExecutiveSessionFebruary11,2025

Library Circulation February 2025

LibraryBoardMinutesRegularMeetingNovember12..2024

FY2025 Salary Schedule Revision Proposal December 2024

LibraryBoardMinutesRegularMeetingDecember10..2024

Friends.FoundationMeetingMinutesNovember12.2024

LibraryBoardMinutesRegularMeetingSeptember10..2024

LibraryBoardMinutesRegularMeetingAugust13..2024

LibraryBoardMinutesRegularMeetingJuly9.2024

LibraryBoardMinutesRegularMeetingJune11.2024

LibraryBoardMinutesRegularMeetingMay14..2024

Interested board applicants must reside within the Maryville City taxing district in order to be eligible to serve. Terms last three years and can be renewed two times.

PICTURED BELOW, Maryville Public Library Executive Board of Trustees, FY2025-26

FRONT L-R: Secretary Cara Colville, Vice President Bill Richardson, President Jim Rash, Treasurer Paula Cobb

BACK: Daisy Valenzuela, Scott Kuhlemeyer, and Andrew DeCurtis     Not pictured: Marilyn Rhea and Ashley Strickland

 If you’d like to serve, ask for a library board application at the desk or print one from the link below:

Library board application (PDF). Revised 2020.

Library board application (Microsoft Word). Revised 2020.

Applications can be submitted at the library desk or emailed to director@maryvillepubliclibrary.org.

MaryvillePublicLibraryAuditedFinancialStatementsFY2023

2021-22 Library Executive Board of Trustees

Missouri Sunshine Law requests can be made by contacting the Library Director at (660)582-5281.

Current library staff:

Stephanie Patterson, Library Director

Rhonda Mullock, Assistant Director

Elizabeth Argo, Youth Services Coordinator

Stian , Library Assistant

Debbie, Library Assistant

Austin , Library Assistant

Ashton , Library Assistant

History of the library:

The Maryville Public Library opened its doors to the public on July 1, 1905 at its original location at the corner of Buchanan and Second Streets. The building, constructed of red pressed brick, was funded with a $15,000 gift from the American Industrial Leader and famed philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

The total number of books on hand in January 1, 1910 was 4,468.

(Source: Past and Present of Nodaway County Missouri, B.F. Bowen & Company, 1910)

ABOVE: Original Carnegie Library building at W. Second and N. Buchanan.

BELOW: In 1962, the Library Board of Trustees took possession of the limestone structure that formerly housed the Maryville Post Office at the corner of Fifth and Main Streets.

BELOW: A major expansion and renovation funded by private donations and grant income began in 1999 and was completed in 2001.

Today, the Maryville Public Library holds over 57,000 titles, as well ebooks, downloadable audiobooks , public use high speed Internet stations, electronic databases, and wireless access. Materials circulation in Fiscal Year 2017 was 75,447.