About Us
The Baxter County Public Library Foundation is composed of community volunteers dedicated to the governance and oversight of Foundation operations, investments, and donations. The Library Foundation manages several restricted funds, earnings from which supplement community support for Library programs, maintenance, information technology, staff support, and special programs.
Support from the Library Foundation is critical to sustaining Library programming and resources year after year. In 2019, the Baxter County Library Foundation provided almost 30% of the Library’s operating budget, greatly supplementing a one-mill county property tax enacted by voters in 1952.
The Library Foundation is an Arkansas not-for-profit corporation recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible charitable foundation founded in 1999 (EIN -73-1567052).
The Library Advisory Board is an extension of the Library Foundation. The Advisory Board members are volunteers who serve as community liaisons for the Foundation, sharing Library information with the public and providing valuable insight and feedback that helps to answer the ever-changing, information, recreation, and education needs of the people of our community.
Library Advisory Board Members
- Lynn McAlister—President
- Joe Miles—Library Board Representative
- Kim Crow-Sheaner—Library Director
- Scott Booth
- Kirk Brown
- Ann Harned
- Jon Hiser
- Deborah Knox
- Shonda Litty
- Heather Loftis
- Dr. Jake Long
- Joe Miles
- Dr. Robin Myers
- Tobias Pugsley
- Katie King Risk
- Debby Stanuch
- Christina White
- Joshua Willard
- Julie Wright
Foundation Trustees
Library Foundation Trustee
Deborah Knox
Library Foundation Secretary
Hayley Plumlee
Library Foundation Trustee
Jon Hiser
Library Foundation Trustee
Rebecca Murdock
Library Foundation
Robert Clarke
Library Foundation Treasurer
Jacklyn Morrison
Librarian
Kim Crow Sheaner
Friends of the Library Representative
Phil Garner
Library Foundation Vice-President
Christina White
Library Foundation President
Joshua Willard
