Trustee Institute
Registration is now open for the 2024 New Jersey Virtual Trustee Institute. This program will be held on Saturday, November 16th from 9:00AM to 3:30PM.
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Keynote:
Sustainability: The Newest Core Value
Libraries face a future that is guaranteed to be impacted by this generation's grandest challenge: climate change. Library trustees are confronted with risks to the organization that include more frequent and severe weather that threatens library infrastructure and the resilience of our communities. Library trustees would do well to apply the newest core value of the library profession to their governance work: sustainability. Sustainable Thinking helps a board to use the "Triple Bottom Line" approach to decision making to find balance among economic feasibility, environmental stewardship, and social equity to ensure strong and future-focused decisions are made about the library on behalf of the community that you serve. Join Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Executive Director of the Mid-Hudson Library System, co-author of the Handbook for Library Trustees in New York State, and the co-founder of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative for an introduction to the latest thinking on the newest core value. She will share an overview of the topic as well as practical examples of how library boards around the country are taking action to strengthen their libraries.
Speaker:
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich is the Executive Director at Mid-Hudson Library System, Co-Founder, Sustainable Libraries Initiative, and Principal Author, National Climate Action Strategy for Libraries.
Other presentations include Capital Planning for Libraries, Shared Services, AI At Work: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in Public Libraries, Using the DEI Scorecard for Library and Information Organizations.
NJLTA Bylaws Vote
At the Trustee Institute on Nov. 16. NJLTA members will vote on amending the organizations Bylaws. The NJLTA Bylaws can be found at NJLTA Proposed Bylaws Board Approved 9/7/24 - Google Docs