Mark Pumphrey
Library

Previous Experience

• Transylvania County Public Library, Assistant Director 1992-1994
• South Carolina State Library, Institutional Library Consultant 1987-1992
• South Dakota State Library, Institutional Library Consultant 1985-87
• Luther Lucket Correctional Facility (Kentucky Department of Corrections) Prison Librarian 1982-1985
• Oakwood Mental Retardation Residential Treatment Center (Kentucky Department for Human Resources), Staff Training Officer/Librarian 1979-1982

Profession/Education

• B.A. University of Kentucky 1975
• M.S.L.S University of Kentucky, 1979
• Committees

• e-Polk (Vice President)
• e-Polk Advisory Committee (Chairperson and Polk County eChampion)
• Polk County Resource Council
• Ruthrford/Polk Smart Start Partnership (Executive Board Member)
• Polk County Cultural Council (Steering Committee Member)

Professional Involvement

• Chairperson, Small and Medium Libraries Committee, American Library Association/Public Library Association (ALA/PLA-LD SMSLC)
• Member, Committee On Literacy (ALA OLOS COL), American Library Association, Office of Literacy and Outreach Services.
• Chairperson, Archives Committee, North Carolina Public Library Director's Association (NCPLDA)
• Member, Continuing Education Committee, Southeastern Library Association (SELA)
• Member, Conference Planning Committee, North Carolina Library Association (NCLA)
• Member, Advisory Committee, NCKnows
• Member, CMC Library Consortium (Libraries in Polk and Rutherford Counties)

Community Involvement

• Member of Kiwanis Club of Tryon
• Distinguished Club President 2000-2001
• Distinguished Club Secretary 1999-2000

Special Interests

• Library service to special population: minorities; the aging, literacy students, new English-speakers and immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship; persons with disabilities or who are homebound or in institutions and other long-term care facilities, and the poor or disadvantaged.
• Equalization of access to library services and information.
• Networking, connectivity, and access to electronic information resources and the Internet.

(828) 894-8721
mpumphrey@publib.polknc.org

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