Jennifer Pearson, Director

Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System. Jennifer is passionate about community building and how the public library can be central to a thriving community.
Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. Jennifer also worked with public libraries to extend access to e-books via the Big Shift project, create vibrant outdoor spaces and events via the Redbox funded Outside the Box program and taught libraries how to use community based advocacy to extend their reach to their communities and stakeholders. Jennifer also worked with many library consortia to develop and implement OCLC products and services.
Jennifer has also worked for Ingram Library Services as manager of their cataloging division, was a publicist at Rutledge Hill Press in Nashville and worked at the greatest independent bookstore in the entire world—Square Books in Oxford, MS.
Jennifer currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Association for Rural and Small Libraries as the Vice President/President Elect of the Association. She is also active in her community as a member of the Lewisburg Rotary Club, the Lewisburg Community Development Board, the Marshall County Imagination Library Board, the Marshall County Health Council and the Lewisburg Downtown Alliance.
Jennifer is married to Scott Pearson, the Associate Editor for the Marshall County Tribune, and together they have 3 children.
Jennifer can be reached at:
931-359-3335
614-296-2433 (Mobile)
mcmlib@bellsouth.net
Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. Jennifer also worked with public libraries to extend access to e-books via the Big Shift project, create vibrant outdoor spaces and events via the Redbox funded Outside the Box program and taught libraries how to use community based advocacy to extend their reach to their communities and stakeholders. Jennifer also worked with many library consortia to develop and implement OCLC products and services.
Jennifer has also worked for Ingram Library Services as manager of their cataloging division, was a publicist at Rutledge Hill Press in Nashville and worked at the greatest independent bookstore in the entire world—Square Books in Oxford, MS.
Jennifer currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Association for Rural and Small Libraries as the Vice President/President Elect of the Association. She is also active in her community as a member of the Lewisburg Rotary Club, the Lewisburg Community Development Board, the Marshall County Imagination Library Board, the Marshall County Health Council and the Lewisburg Downtown Alliance.
Jennifer is married to Scott Pearson, the Associate Editor for the Marshall County Tribune, and together they have 3 children.
Jennifer can be reached at:
931-359-3335
614-296-2433 (Mobile)
mcmlib@bellsouth.net