About the Library, Now open: Front desk position and Library Trustee seats.
Current employment opportunity: The library is seeking a part-time front desk assistant to greet and provide customer service to library patrons while promoting library resources and services. Pay starts at $12. Front desk hours are 17-20 hours a week with some Saturdays and evenings included. Extra duty pay is available for a candidate who either has special training or experience in early childhood development or PreK-6 childhood education, or is eager to learn for the purpose of supporting and promoting library story hour programs.
A library assistant job description and application are below. Applications will be accepted through April 23rd and can be found below or at the library desk. Applications can also be emailed to admin@maryvillepubliclibrary.org
Library-Assistant-Job-Description
Employment application (Word document)
Our mission is to help the citizens of Maryville succeed and enjoy life by reading, learning, creating, and connecting.
LibraryGoalsandObjectives 2022-23 Adopted
FY2023BudgetRevised.May30.2023
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.* Interested applicants must reside within the Maryville City taxing district in order to be eligible. Terms last three years and can be renewed two times.
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.
A selection of board documents from the upcoming or most recent library board meeting are below.
LibraryExecutiveBoardMeetingAgendaApril9.2024
LibraryBoardMeetingMinutesRegularMeetingMarch12.2024LibraryCircuationReportMarch2024LibraryProgrammingReport. January–March.2024LibraryFacilityUpdatesApril42024LibraryFacilityUpdatesApril42024
LibrarySpecialBoardMeetingAgendaFebruary20.2024
Corrected Bid tabulation of proposals received. Handrail and Sidewalk Replacement. February 2024
Contract with Ideal Concrete Construction (Handrails&WestSidewalk) 2024
Contract with J.D. Bishop Construction (Handrails&WestSidewalk) 2024
LibraryExecutiveBoardMeetingAgendaFebruary13.2024
Bid tabulation of proposals received. Handrail and Sidewalk Replacement. February 2024
IdealConcreteConstructionBidForSidewalk&HandrailWorkFebruary2024
J.D.BishopBidForSidewalk&Handrail work. February 2024
Bid tabulation of proposals received. Chimney and rooftop brickwork. February 2024ANDREWTUCKPOINTINGBidChimney&RooftopBrickworkFebruary2024HERITAGEHISTORICBidChimney&RooftopBrickworkFebruary2024HOLTMANMASONRYBidChimney&RoofBrickworkFeb.2024ICCCOMMONWEALTHBidChimney&RooftopBrickworkFebruary2024QUALITYRESTORATION&SEALANTSBidChimney&RooftopBrickworkFebruary2024
LibraryBoardMeetingMinutesmJuly11..2023
LibraryFinancialStatementsJuly31.2023
LibraryBoardMeetingMinutesmJune13..2023
LibraryBoardMeetingMinutesmMay30..2023
FriendsFoundationMeetingMinutesmJuly11..2023
LibraryFoundationMeetingMinutesJanuary.2023
MPL annual audit opinion and financial statements for year ending September 30.2022
2021-22 Library Executive Board of Trustees
2022-23 MPL Board of Trustees: FRONT: Board Secretary Cara Colville, Vice President Steve Klotz, President: Dr. Jenny Rytting, Marilyn Rhea. BACK: Board Treasurer Barb Nelsen, Scott Kuhlemeyer, Bill Richardson, and Jim Rash. Not pictured: Paula Cobb.
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 Bjotveit, Library Assistant
Annie Arvidson, Library Assistant, Adult Programming Assistant
Austin Luke, Library Assistant
Ashton Henggeler, 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.
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