Organizational Tools for Trustees
ALTAFF has provided a variety of organizational tools to help your Board of Trustees be more effective. If you have ideas for resources to be added here, please email altaff@ala.org.
NEW - Looking for a sample library director evaluation? Check out these examples shared with permission:
- Board of Trustees of the Hatfield (Mass.) Public Library Director Evaluation (PDF, 110kb)
- Rochester Hills Public Library Board Evaluation of Library Director (Word, 37kb)
- Mid-Hudson Library Director Evaluation Part I (PDF,96 kb)
- Mid-Hudson Library Director Evaluation Part II (Word, 61 kb)
The Model Cooperative Network will help you define the roles of the Friends, Trustees, and library staff in working together to support the library. ALTAFF members also have access to an annotated version of this resource, available in the Trustee Zone and the Friends & Foundations Zone with a username and password. If you are an ALTAFF member and need a login, please email altaff@ala.org. Once logged in, look for Toolkit 5: Model Friends Cooperative Network.
The sample policies are a good starting point for your board to discuss the issues and concerns particular to your library and community. ALTAFF members are invited to share their policies for posting as well.
