Training
2026 Board of Trustee Training Schedule
All videos will be shown following the Board of Trustee meetings upon request. You can watch these videos anytime to earn your trustee education for the year.
January – Pathways to Sustainable Funding (1.5 Hour)
February – Trustee Handbook Book Club: Next Level Trusteeship with Terry Krichner (1.5 Hour)
March –Trustee Handbook Book Club: NYS Open Meetings Law (1.5 Hour)
April – Trustee Handbook Club Ethics & Conflicts of Interest + Intellectual Freedom, Censorship (1.5 Hours)
May – Trustee Handbook Book Club: Board Development: Recruitment, Orientation, Education and Evaluation (1.5 Hour)
June – Trustee Essentials ( 1 Hour)
July – Effective Meetings Utilizing Parliamentary Procedure (1.5 Hour)
August – Trustee Handbook Club: Facilities (1.5 Hour)
September – Governance Structure: Board Officers & Board Committees (1.5 Hours)
October – Community-Based Strategic Planning (1.5 Hours)
November – Trustee Handbook Book Club: Advocacy (1.50 hour)
December – Transforming Library Spaces (1.0 Hour)
Additional live online training is available through the Finger Lakes Library System. See the link below for their calendar.
Completed a training? Email the Library Director to receive your credit hours.
It is advisable for Board Trustees to familiarize themselves with the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State. available online.
NYS Sexual Harassment Training