| Library Staffing |
- Approves union contracts;
- Relationship to director:
- Hires;
- Authorized to contract or make other employment agreements with director;
- Supervises;
- Evaluates annually;
- Takes corrective action;
- Terminates.
- Refers staff grievances to library director.
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- No role in hiring or overseeing library director. City hires director, who reports directly to city manager or mayor;
- Depending on the city, advisory board may make recommendations regarding hiring, evaluation, or firing of director;
- Refers staff grievances to library director.
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- Provides for union negotiations;
- Relationship to library staff:
- Hires;
- Supervises;
- Evaluates;
- Takes corrective action;
- Terminates.
- Implements city or board personnel policies and procedures;
- Investigates and resolves staff grievances.
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| Strategic and Long-Term Planning |
- Evaluates community needs as basis for planning;
- Adopts plans for establishing goals and priorities for future directions.
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- Assists in long-range and annual planning;
- Participates in strategic planning for the library;
- Role may range from adopting plan to recommending plan to mayor or city council for official approval.
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- Presents plans to municipal authorities;
- Supports adoption of plans.
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| Budget and Fiscal Management |
- Evaluates and approves budget;
- Holds public budget hearings and filings;
- Monitors revenue and expenditures;
- Works to secure funding.
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- Recommends and advocates for budgets that support the community library;
- Works to secure funding;
- Recommends approval of projects and proposals.
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- Follows municipal or board budget directions and procedures;
- Provides analysis to board and authorities concerning budget;
- Follows city procedures for proposals, contracts, etc.
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| Adopt Library Policies |
- Adopts and regularly reviews policies.
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- Recommends and advocates for policies that support the community library;
- May propose or adopt library-related policies such as:
- Intellectual freedom
- Collection development
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- Recommends needed policies to the library board of trustees;
- Implements city policies and procedures;
- Depending on city, may directly implement library-related policies, or may present to mayor and council for approval.
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| Library Services |
- Adopts policies that assure services meet the needs of the community;
- Supports the role of the library;
- Encourages extension of library services to all members of the community.
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- Recommends policies that assure services meet the needs of the community;
- Supports the role of the library;
- Encourages extension of library services to all members of the community.
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- Implements library services;
- Manages operation of library programs and services, in accordance with established policies;
- Evaluates services.
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| Library Building and Equipment |
- Approves expenditures for:
- Facilities contracts;
- Construction or renovation;
- Major equipment.
- Provides information on project funding.
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- Recommends projects;
- Provides information to contractors and the general public.
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- Researches feasibility of projects, gathers information about potential architects, contractors, other resources for board consideration;
- Implements building plans, purchase and install equipment;
- Provides for ongoing maintenance.
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| Collection Development |
- Adopts collection development policy statements that reflect needs of entire community;
- Advocates for materials budget to support library strategic goals.
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- Adopts collection development policy statements that reflect needs of entire community;
- Advocates for materials budget to support library strategic goals.
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- Regularly evaluates how effectively collection meets community needs;
- Provides analysis for selecting and purchasing materials.
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| Library Advocacy |
- Advocates for library in the community;
- Addresses local and regional library issues by communicating with elected officials;
- Participates in annual library legislative day.
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- Advocates for library in the community;
- Addresses local and regional library issues by communicating with elected officials;
- Participates in annual library legislative day.
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- Advocates for library in the community;
- Addresses local and regional library issues by communicating with elected officials;
- Participates in annual library legislative day (unpaid time).
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