2025 NHLTA Trustee Orientation Workshop

This workshop is a comprehensive overview of trustee duties, responsibilities and RSA authority and will provide you with the tools and information you need to be an effective library leader. The information is valuable to new trustees as well as a great refresher for seasoned trustees, who will also have the opportunity to share their experience. The last hour will focus on personnel management skills, including hiring, evaluations, and the role of volunteers. There will be ample time for your questions.

The following topics will be presented

• Library Trustees --- A Job Description
• Trustee Meetings and the Right to Know Law
• NH Laws Relative to Public Libraries
• Establishing Library Policies
• Personnel Responsibilities
• Budgeting and Management of Funds
• The Trustee as Library Advocate

PRESENTERS

Marcia McLaughlin, former trustee of the Weeks Public Library, Greenland and current President of the NHLTA.

Kathy Parenti, Chair of the Wadleigh Memorial Library Trustee Board, Milford, Secretary of the NHLTA Board of Directors.

This is a FREE workshop. Please bring a bag lunch.

Deadline to register: Monday, July 28, 2025

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact us at nhlibrarytrustees@nhmunicipal.org