Greta Chapman is the Director of the Rapid City Public Library. She has held that position for the past seven years. During that time, Greta has been actively involved in SDLA as a member of the 2002 SDLA Strategic Planning Task Force and helped to launch as a Public Library Section Member, the SDLA Leadership Institute. She served as chair of the Library Issues Committee and was a member of the Task Force recommendation for the hiring of the SDLA Lobbyist. Greta has been chosen to chair the 2006 SDLA Conference. She is also a member of the adjunct faculty at Emporia State University.

Greta has been a librarian in school and public libraries since 1978. She received her MLS from Emporia State University and a B.A. in Elementary Education from Montana State University Billings. Married for 27 years to Rapid City Firefighter Paramedic Harry Chapman, she has two sons, Max entering college at the University of Sioux Falls and Sam a senior at North Dakota State University.

“As SDLA President, I would continue to promote the strong public service ethic that has been a part of our tradition through the years. I would work to promote collaboration within the membership, building bridges between public, academic, school, and special libraries, large and small and throughout the state. Using the newly adopted SDLA Strategic Plan, I would work to:

· Meet the needs of all types of libraries through training support, membership communications, and association procedures;

· Continue our legislative efforts to raise visibility and support with public officials and governing bodies;

· Maximizing SDLA resources in leadership, advocacy, membership, and marketing;

· Continue the SDLA Board initiatives in marketing and mid-year one-day conferences in addition to the administrative duties of the president’s office.