The Alaska State Library has purchased access to Short Takes for Trustees for Alaskan library board members and library directors through December 2022.
Short Takes for Trustees is a series of 10 short videos (8-10 minutes each) that may be shown during library board meetings to stimulate discussion about the important role that library trustees play in the governance of their libraries.
The video series includes: What It Means to Be a Trustee; Board Meetings; Board Ethics; Library Advocacy; Library Policies; Strategic Planning; Working with Friends; Evaluating the Library Director; Board Self Evaluation, and Succession Planning and New Board Orientation.
The United for Libraries office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern, Monday through Friday. For general inquiries, please call (800) 545-2433, ext. 2161 during these hours. For assistance outside of these hours, please email united@ala.org. Emails are monitored evenings, weekends, and many holidays to ensure our members receive timely responses to their requests.