The Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee (LCOMM) was incorporated in June 1973 by 35
charter members. Management was by a seventeen-member executive board of directors. In
September 1974, Susan Keller was appointed LCOMM's first executive director.
LCOMM's staff was restructured in 1982 due to budget cuts and the executive director became
a part-time position. A part-time administrative assistant position was added in 1984. In
1986 the LCOMM bylaws were changed to allow any interested library to join LCOMM, regardless
of geographic location. Additional changes that same year reduced the executive board
permanent members by two, and changed the friends category to individual members to allow
any interested person to support LCOMM regardless of their employment in a library.
LCOMM was formed to improve cooperative planning and activities among area libraries.
Various committees were established to work on specific projects and objectives toward that
end. These have resulted in a number of publications, productions and programs designed to
improve services and cooperation between Milwaukee-area librarians.
In 2002 LCOMM's name was changed to the Library Council of Southeastern Wisconsin. The
Library Council was dissolved in 2012.
