There are a number of resources to support you during your tenure as a Board of Trustee. In addition to the resources below, Grace Riario, Executive Director of Ramapo Catskill Library System, invites you to ask questions or clarifications during T3: Trustee Training Tuesdays. Please visit the RCLS Calendar to sign up for these sessions. The calendar may be accessed here: Calendar – Ramapo Catskill Library System (rcls.org)
Preparation:
1) Read the chapter: Duties & Responsibilities
2) Thoughts to consider before watching the webinar recording:
3) Watch the Duties & Responsibilities recording.
4) Review the program using the Duties & Responsibilities Post-Session Toolkit.
Preparation:
1) Read the chapter: Library Board Meetings
2) Thoughts to consider before the watching the webinar recording:
3) Watch the Library Board Meetings recording below.
4) Review the program using the Library Board Meetings Post-Session Toolkit.
Before the event:
1) Read the chapter: Personnel
2) Thoughts to consider before the program:
New York State’s Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law §87 et. seq.) allows members of the public to access records of governmental agencies. FOIL provides a process for the review and copying of an agency’s records. More information about the Freedom of Information Law can be found at: http://www.dos.ny.gov/about/foil2.html.