Carrollton Public Library

The library is a political entity of the Town of Carrollton. Our library district is the boundaries of the city limits while our state aid is based upon the city population of 3,784 residents (2010 census records). The Town Council and mayor appoint a board of nine volunteers to hire the library director and set policies. Town of Carrollton ordinan... ces and Missouri State Statutes govern the library. The Missouri State Library, a division of the Secretary of State's office, gives direction and guidance to the library. The Carrollton Public Library applies for many grants through the Missouri State Library. The library board and director meet at least once a month, more often when necessary, to conduct library business. The city's collector collects the library tax and the city disperses the tax revenue to the library. The tax revenue is deposited into the general operating account; a portion of the money is invested until it is needed for operations. All revenues and expenditures are viewed and approved by the board. The Library's annual budget is $135,000 and 80% of that figures is generated from the city property tax revenue. The library tax is .2840 per every $100 of assessed valuation for the taxing year of 2013. The donations, memorials, fines, room rentals and general good will of our community keeps the library open 7 days a week. Our library houses a collection of over 30,000 books, 80 magazines and periodicals, seven newspaper subscriptions, and audio books on compact disc. We are developing our collection of audio CD and large print books due to the wonderful donations and gift monies received from wonderful patrons over the years. Over 50,000 materials are circulated annually and an average of 125 people visit the library daily. In late February, 2012 the library starting offering E-Reader services through the consortium of molib2go.org. This consortium has 75+ member library systems throughout the state of Missouri to offer E-book and digital downloads of audio books compatible with mobile devices ...Read More