Live Oak Public Libraries Regional Board of Trustees announces Lola Shelton-Council as Library Executive Director.

"Following an extensive, eleven-month search, Live Oak Public Libraries Trustees unanimously selected Ms. Shelton-Council. During her time as Interim Director, she showed us that we had a dynamic leader in our midst," stated Dr. Gordon Baker, Chair of the Regional Library Board.

Shelton-Council joined Live Oak Public Libraries (LOPL) as Director of Library Experiences in July 2021 and was named Interim Library Director in January 2022. Prior to her arrival at LOPL, she was Director of Trails Regional Library in Missouri.

Shelton-Council has worked in libraries for more than 25 years. She holds a Master of Science in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Wisconsin, a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management from Eastern University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Rutgers University.