[1] The board of directors consists of nine members (three from each county) serving six-year terms.

[1] As the dam project neared completion, citizens voted to provide library support through local taxes.

NRL offices then moved to the basement of the Carnegie library until the building partially collapsed during nearby excavation work.

[1] In 1967, Clay County's library moved into a new building on Sanderson Street downtown after a large donation from the Fred A. Moss family.

[4] On May 16, 1976, the NRL moved to its current headquarters in a shared building when the present Murphy Public Library opened downtown.