Library Administration 

• Lisa Plath, Library Director 
• Circulation
  • Gail Tucci, Circulation Manager
  • Yvonne McKinney, Assistant Circulation Manager
• Adult Services
  • Mary Grace Berry, Adult Services Manager
  • Brooke Luna, Adult Services Programming Coordinator
• Youth Services
  • Julia Trumpy, Youth Services Manager
  • Rebekah Hendren, Youth Services Librarian
• Digital Services
  • Emily Baker, Digital Services Librarian

Library Phone Number - 457-2600 

Library Board

From left to right: Samuel Beyhan, Shobha Iyer, Cheryl Long, Peggy Turnipseed, Tim Van Horn. Missing: Jennifer Goodwin, Alderman Billy Patton

The Library Board is organized for the purpose of ensuring at all times the highest quality of management and oversight of the Collierville Burch Library in accordance with the applicable law of the State of Tennessee. 

Cheryl Long, Chair
cherylppace@msn.com 

Shobha Iyer, Vice Chair
shoba_g@hotmail.com

Samuel Beyhan
samuelbeyhan@gmail.com

Peggy Turnipseed
pjturnipseed@bellsouth.net

Jennifer Goodwin
allboys@gmail.com

Tim Van Horn
tim@timvanhorn.com

Alderman Billy Patton, BMA Liaison
bpatton@colliervilletn.gov 

The Collierville Burch Library Board meets once per quarter on the 4th Tuesday of the month in the Board Chambers at Town Hall located at 500 Poplar View Parkway. All meetings are open to the public.

Please click here to visit the main Library Board page to view approved Library Board minutes.

Holiday Closings 2024

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday 
• Good Friday 
• Easter Sunday 
• Memorial Day 
• Independence Day 
• Labor Day 
• Thanksgiving 
• Friday after Thanksgiving 
• Christmas Eve
• Christmas Day 

Mission Statement of the Library 

The purpose of the Lucius E. and Elsie C. Burch, Jr. Library is to provide materials that will help enable individuals to acquire or adapt the skills and knowledge necessary for them to participate in self-government, enhance their humanity, and contribute to their exercise of free choice. The Library is committed to free and equitable access to basic library service that is thorough, impartial, and confidential. 

It is the Mission of the Lucius E. and Elsie C. Burch, Jr. Library Board and staff to provide access to information and services in order to meet the evolving educational, informational, recreational, and cultural needs of our patrons with courtesy, professionalism and competence. 

It is the responsibility of the Lucius E. and Elsie C. Burch, Jr. Library to strive toward satisfying the diverse needs and interests of the residents of the community through the selection, acquisition, organization and preservation of library materials within the limitations of space and budget.