Library Statements and History

Mission Statement:

The Mission of the Carter County Public Library is to provide materials and services to help both adults and children meet their informational, educational, recreational and cultural needs.

Vision  Statement:

The Carter County Public Library will continue to provide materials and services to help our community, both adult and children to meet there future educational, recreational, and cultural needs. The Library system and staff will continue to support the community to current information and resources, and will serve ad a major resource of information in the future.

History:

Serving Carter County Since 1931

The Library was established in 1931 by a group of ladies called the Queen Ann Civic Club. This group donated the first set of books. Money was raised by holding food and rummage sales. The Poplar Bluff Library gave them books and from this the library was moved from a private home to a vacant room in the Carter County Courthouse. They had accumulated 18,000 books and operated without pay. In 1947, Carter County voted a one mill library tax and the first librarian was hired. The Library has moved several times and due to the flood of 2008, we were able to move to our present location.