“Trustees [of municipal public libraries] …have full power to manage the public library, make bylaws, elect officers, establish a library policy and receive, control and manage property which shall come into the hands of the municipality by gift, purchase, devise or bequest for the use and benefit of the library. The board may appoint a director for the efficient administration and conduct of the library." (22 VSA §143a)
Basic trustee responsibilities include:
- Creating by-laws
- Setting library policy
- Hiring and regularly evaluating the library director
- Long range planning, in cooperation with the library director
- Financial management
- Promoting library use
- Serving as a link with the community"
Above copied from A MANUAL FOR VERMONT LIBRARY TRUSTEES by the VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARIES, Montpelier, VT, 5th Edition