{"id":16,"date":"2012-04-15T19:19:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T19:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palpublibcoop.org\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-09-26T09:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:43:05","slug":"about-the-cooperative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pal-cooperative.org\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"About the Cooperative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Putnam-Alachua-Levy (PAL) Public Library Cooperative<\/strong> was created in 2010 when the cooperative members (Putnam County, the Alachua County Library District and Levy County) decided there was a need to bring a higher level of service to their residents. To accomplish this, they entered into an Interlocal agreement among themselves and created the PAL cooperative as an independent special district. This special district is overseen by a governing board made up of two (2) representatives each from the three members, which are appointed by the members’ respective governing authorities. The PAL cooperative is managed by a professional librarian who serves as its Single Administrative Head.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Below are listed the current members of our Governing Board (GB), GB officers and the current member-Library Directors:<\/p>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
vacant<\/strong> –<\/td>\nVice-chair<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ms. Nancy Taylor
<\/strong> nnsquared@yahoo.com<\/td>\n		Chair<\/strong><\/td>\nGB, Putnam County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ms. Toni Jenkins<\/strong> tonijenkins0109@gmail.com<\/td>\nTreasurer<\/strong><\/td>\nGB, Levy County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ms. Rosemary Anderson<\/strong> anderson7075@att.net<\/td>\nMember<\/strong><\/td>\nGB, Putnam County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Tim Hodge
<\/strong>hodge-tim@levycounty.org<\/td>\n		Member<\/strong><\/td>\nGB, Levy County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ms. Sara Owen
<\/strong> sowen@micanopytown.com<\/td>\n		Member<\/strong><\/td>\nGB, Alachua County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Sulmarie Duncan
<\/strong>sduncan1952@gmail.com<\/td>\n		Member<\/strong><\/td>\nGB, Alachua County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/strong><\/span>
<\/td>\n		PAL Administrator <\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ms. Shaney T. Livingston<\/strong><\/span>
slivingston@aclib.us<\/td>\n		 <\/strong><\/td>\nDirector<\/span><\/strong>, Alachua County Library District (ACLD)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ms. Stella Brown
<\/strong>stella.brown@putnam-fl.gov<\/span>
<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\nDirector<\/span><\/strong>, Putnam County Library System (PCLS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ms. Layce Hallman
<\/strong>lhallman@neflin.org<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\nDirector<\/span><\/strong>, Levy County Public Library System (LCPLS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n

\"Annual<\/a><\/td>\n\n		Read our current plans of service.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\n
\"long-rangeplan_2021-2025\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Putnam-Alachua-Levy (PAL) Public Library Cooperative was created in 2010 when the cooperative members (Putnam County, the Alachua County Library District and Levy County) decided there was a need to bring a higher level of service to their residents. To accomplish this, they entered into an Interlocal agreement among themselves and created the PAL cooperative … Continue reading About the Cooperative<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pal-cooperative.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pal-cooperative.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pal-cooperative.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pal-cooperative.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pal-cooperative.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/pal-cooperative.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":716,"href":"https:\/\/pal-cooperative.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pal-cooperative.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}