Resources for Bethlehem Public Library trustees

2023 Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State

Service area

• Map of Bethlehem Public Library’s service area

Meetings

• Scheduled board meetings
• Minutes
• Information on the Open Meetings Law

About the board

• Charter documents
• Bylaws of the Board of Trustees
• Committee memberships
• Ethics statement
• Trustees length of service
• Long-range building plan
• Long-range services plan 2022-2025

About the library

• History
• Operating budget 2025-2026
• Operating budget 2024-2025
• Bethlehem Public Library 2024 Annual Report
• 2024-25 Board authorizations
• Results of the 2018 Community Survey
• Director’s biography
• Organizational chart
• 2023-2028 union contract
• Footnotes newsletter
• Friends of Bethlehem Public Library
• Results of 2023 building planning survey.

Other useful links

• Upper Hudson Library System
• New York Library Association