Governance

The 2010-2011 Officers and Board of Trustees of the Charleston Library Society are as follows:

Benjamin A. Moore, President
Steve Gates, Vice President
Richard Porcher, Secretary
Mac Harley, Treasurer
Bob Baldwin
Angie LeClercq
Erica Lesesne
H. Simmons Tate, Jr.
Jane L. Tyler
Roy Williams
Connie Wyrick


The 2009-2010 Programs Committee members are as follows:

Mr. Rhett Dunaway
Ms. Harriott P. Johnson
Ms. Kimberly Lee
Father James Parker
Mrs. Mary Alma Parker
Richard Porcher
Ms. Marie Thrower
Dr. Jane Tyler
Ms. Susan Wall
Ms. Kendra C. Wilson

Our Mission

The Charleston Library Society is a cultural institution for life-long learning, serving its members, the Lowcountry community and scholars through access to its rich collection of books, manuscripts and archival material and programs promoting discussion and understanding of the ideas they contain. We accomplish this by:

  • providing educational opportunities to children, students of all ages, and adults


  • conserving, preserving, exhibiting, sharing and expanding the Library's collections

  • using technology to improve access to and understanding of the Library's collections

  • offering lectures and programs on topics related to literature, history, and the book arts

  • convening people around common literary and historical interests

  • fully utilizing the Library's historical building in the heart of historic Charleston

  • collaborating with other cultural institutions on subjects of common interest

  • maintaining a literary and historical archival center

  • providing programs that offer life-long learning opportunities to the community

  • providing a scholarly work environment for researchers and students