Current Year's Nominees
Beth Lyle
Why you are interested in serving on the Board of Directors?
"I'm passionate about seeing our community continue to grow and thrive for future generations."
Now tell the membership a bit about you. Share your background, interests, hobbies, and other fun information.
Born in West Texas, Beth has become a proud Oklahoman by long years of association. She has been a lover of libraries for over 40 years, since she received her first pasteboard library card at the Mable C. Fry Public Library in Yukon. Beth has lived in the Tecumseh area for 30 years and absolutely loves this wonderful community. She has been employed by the Pioneer Library System for 20 years. Beth spent the first 8 years of that time as a library assistant at the Tecumseh Public Library and after a very short time there, she knew it was not just a job, but a calling and a perfect fit for a bookworm! While working at Tecumseh, she earned an A.S. in business at Seminole State College and a B.S. in management and ethics at Mid-America Christian University. In January of 2011, Beth became the Pottawatomie County Literacy Coordinator and worked out of the Shawnee Public Library for two years. She completed her Master’s in Library and Information Science at the University of Oklahoma in May of 2012, and became the branch manager at the Tecumseh Public Library. At home, Beth loves to cook, garden and read,. When she can get away, Beth loves to travel, kayak, and spend time road tripping with friends and family.
Talent and Experience:
Beth is currently serving on the Tecumseh Friends of the Library board, City of Tecumseh Planning Commission and withTecumseh Together. Beth has also been a part of the OU American Indian Early Headstart board, Tecumseh Friends of the Library board, Tecumseh Together board, City of Tecumseh Planning Commission, Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center Volunteer board, New Hope Baptist Church Finance Committee and has served two terms on the Tecumseh Board of Directors.
Tell us a little bit about your organization.
Pioneer Library System offer free books, audiobooks, movies, learning resources, and programming in both traditional formats and digital content to anyone who lives, works, or attends school in our 3 county service area of Pottawatomie, Cleveland, or McClain counties. You can check out up to 100 physical items, and you can also enjoy a wealth of free eBooks, audio books or movies with the PLS Connect app. We offer wonderful free programs such as Family Story Time, the Sunday Stars tutoring program for children in 1-3rd grade, SAIL exercise classes, the Story Walk at Slick Humphrey Park, and we are thrilled to be a new affiliate of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
