Management Basics: Life as a Library Board Member

Abstract

I spend a lot of my time teaching and writing about financial management in libraries and elsewhere, but I’m also a member of my local library’s board. As a result, I found myself sitting through seven hours of board training a few weeks ago. If your library has never done this, I strongly recommend it, not because it’s particularly fun, but because it actually makes a difference in how well both the library and the board work.