LibGuides: Trustee Resources: Board Basics

Basic Responsibilities of Library Trustees

Working Together: Roles & Responsibilities Guidelines
Includes the general responsibilities of library trustees as compared to directors and friends groups
Role of Library Trustees Tip Sheet
What does a library Trustee do?
From Tales from a New Trustee by Dave Hargett for United for Libraries
Orientation - A New Trustee Needs Help
From Tales from a New Trustee by Dave Hargett for United for Libraries
Five Leadership Roles for Library Trustees
Urban Libraries Council Leadership Brief, January 2011

RI Trustee Manual Section 3: Policies, Personnel and Budgets
Personnel practices including guidance for hiring and evaluating a director begins on page 28

COSLA: Hiring a New Library Director
Chief Officers of State Library Agencies resource for hiring library directors, including sample job description, job ad, interview questions and more.
Short Takes for Trustees: Evaluating the Library Director
From United for Libraries, quick tip sheet for evaluating library directors.
Evaluating the Director
From Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Trustee Essentials: A Handbook for Wisconsin Public Library Trustees revised in 2016

United for Libraries - Sample Library Policies
American Library Association Statements
Massachusetts Policy Collection
The Massachusetts Policy Collection includes examples and resources from a variety of libraries across Massachusetts and the United States. It is maintained by the Massachusetts Library System. Inclusion in the collection does not constitute an endorsement.

Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised in Brief, 3rd Edition by Henry M. Robert; Daniel H. Honemann; Thomas J. Balch; Daniel E. Seabold; Shmuel Gerber
ISBN: 9781541797703
Publication Date: 2020-09-01
A short, concise and user-friendly guide to the essential procedures of conducting a meeting, written by the authors of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, the only authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure.