The Memphis Area Library Council (MALC) is a multi-type library organization formed to promote cooperation in support of the learning community of Memphis and the Mid-South region. The Council seeks to serve as a communication point for its members, with its regularly scheduled board meetings and special called meetings for all libraries’ personnel. The Council also seeks to develop cooperative projects that will be beneficial to all library users in the region, within the parameters of the council’s constitution and by-laws.
Several MALC member libraries have a reciprocal borrowing agreement: Reciprocal Borrowing/Use Program, amended Sept 2015 (PDF)
Meetings & News
RSVP to the May 2025 Meeting
The end of the year MALC member meeting will be on Thursday, May 22 at 5:30 PM at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library. We will transition to our 2025-26 officers and hear a presentation from Daphene R. McFerren, Executive Director of the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis. Dinner will be provided.
You can RSVP online now. Please RSVP before Thursday, May 15. Only current personal members or institutional representatives are invited to the May meeting. Please renew your membership if necessary before RSVPing. Contact Sarah Newell at snewell@uthsc.edu if you are unsure of your membership status.
MALC members are invited to use this form to suggest a guest speaker for a meeting.
Executive Board
President: Carl Hess, University of Memphis
Vice President/President Elect: Debi Babb, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Secretary: Bess Robinson, University of Memphis
Treasurer: Sarah Newell, UTHSC
Constitution & Bylaws
View the current MALC Constitution and Bylaws (PDF).
