RCLS Professional Collection: Trustees
For Your Board of Trustees
- 2018 Handbook for Library Trusteesby Jerry Nichols and Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
The Handbook is intended to be kept in a binder or folder along with other important documents such as the Library’s Bylaws, Policy Manual, and Long-Range Plan, so that updated information can be added as needed. This online version includes live web links and is searchable using the (CTRL F) function on your keyboard. It is an important companion to this Handbook.
- The Successful Library Trustee Handbook byPublication Date: 2009-08-01Contents: Getting started -- Relationships -- Meetings, meetings, meetings -- Advocacy : a basic board responsibility -- Policy development -- Strategic planning -- Evaluate, evaluate, evaluate -- Hiring and firing a director -- Budgets, liability, and fund-raising -- You are not alone -- Is there a future for libraries?
- A Library's Board's Practical Guide to Finding the Right Library Director byPublication Date: 2009-10-01A guide for library boards to use when choosing a library director.