02. Governance and Administration

Boardmanship

Or: Who Does What? When you were hired as the library’s director, you became an employee of your library’s board...

Or: Free Libraries Aren’t Cheap! Your library board is legally responsible for establishing the library’s budget and for practicing good...

Or: And I Thought We Were Friends! Human Resources (HR) Policy At the heart of any good personnel management system...

Or: Is All This Legal? You don’t have to be an attorney in order to be a library director, but...

Or: If I Knew Where We Were Going, I Wouldn’t Be Lost! Planning is an important part of the work...

Or: Can You Put That in Writing? We like to think of libraries as peaceful, quiet places where people are...

Or: Where’s the Light Switch? Planning is an important part of the work of library directors and library boards. With...

Or: Count on It! Some people get uncomfortable when the topic of “statistics” comes up. They envision complicated mathematical formulas...