An article in the July 2017 Library Hotline by Maxine Bleiweis, 2015 recipient of the Charles Robinson Award for Innovative Leadership and former Executive Director of the Westport Library in Connecticut, neatly orients new trustees.
Additional resources for anyone serving on a library board is United for Libraries (formerly the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF)), a division of the American Library Association.