As more and more libraries face material challenges, you may have to decide whether an item is removed or kept on the shelves. Managing challenges is one of the most stressful things you may deal with as a trustee.
Some challenges never come before the board, but if they do, you’ll be responsible for upholding library policies, ethics, and the intellectual freedom of everyone in your community.
Understanding your library’s process—and your role—helps you support the director, manage meetings and media relations, and defend everyone’s freedom to read.
