Mobius

“Mobius is organized with member libraries.”

“Each member must be a tax-exempt public library, another type of tax-exempt library, a tax-exempt institution of higher education with an academic library or a tax-exempt school with a library. A written application for membership is required for new members and must be approved by the board prior to admission as a member. At each annual meeting of the members, the members shall elect directors to hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting.”

“Any amendments of the bylaws are subject to the approval of members through their representatives.”

“A pdf copy of the form 990 is electronically sent to each director for review before the return is filed.”

“If the board or committee has reasonable cause to believe a responsible person has failed to disclose an actual or possible private interest, it shall inform the responsible person of the basis for such belief and afford the responsible person an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose.”

“The executive director is a leased employee of the university of missouri. As such, all compensation is determined based upon um policy in conjunction with the mobius board of directors.”

“Governing documents are made available to the public through the organization's website and upon request.”

“The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes, including, without limitation: -to operate a computer network to facilitate the exchange of bibliographic information among the libraries of members, which shall include, but not be limited to, institutions of higher education and federal, state and local governments, all of which are tax-exempt; -to provide cost-effective acquisition and delivery of library materials, and other educational products and services to members, which enhance their abilities to serve the needs of students, citizens and the general public; -to support members in their efforts to engage in best practices in the field of library science, with the aim of advancing education; -to solicit and receive gifts, contributions, bequests, devises and grants of property, whether real or personal, whether outright or in trust, from individuals, foundations, partnerships, associations, organizations, corporations, legal entities and governmental agencies and units; and -to do everything necessary in the proper management and administration of the affairs of the corporation.”

“An open source integrated library system for the public libraries of missouri, called mo evergreen.”

“Staff salaries 109,829 0 0 infobase learning 80,901 0 0 chargeback expense 80,706 0 0 lexisnexis 66,494 0 0 proquest 53,321 0 0 oxford university press 52,834 0 0 chronicle of higher ed 49,714 0 0 staff benefits 33,495 0 0 rr bowker 32,892 0 0 alexander street press 25,737 0 0 mango languages 21,369 0 0 naxos 19,205 0 0 credo 13,794 0 0 hosting fees 11,740 0 0 cq/sage 9,753 0 0 training & travel 7,545 0 0 strategic plan 0 3,695 0 abc clio 1,696 0 0 organizational membership 0 1,221 0 wt cox 374 0 0 library music source 240 0 0 miscellaneous expenses 0 90 0”