It is the role of the board to:
- Support growth of library services to the community, remembering that the goal is not to save the community money but to spend funding wisely for efficient and effective library service
- Advocate for excellence and adequate funding
- Obey all library laws, state and federal laws
- Devise a strategic plan for library services and update it every 3-5 years
- Conduct analysis of the community and its needs, implement responses to those needs
- Build board policies and procedures to work together effectively on behalf of the community for needed library services
- Hire a competent, professional library director and conduct a formal evaluation of that director every year
- Provide a model of exemplary performance of a public body functioning as a part of government
COSLA Public Library Trustee Manual, pg 61.
