1. You often question (or turn down) training and  professional development opportunities for your director and the library staff. Nothing damages library performance more quickly than a staff that is demoralized, isolated from new ideas and emergent technologies, and cut off from interaction with others in the profession.  The best investment you can make in your library is in professional staff development. 2. You ask for data (or review reports) not directly related to library service. YTD expenditures against some specific budget lines may be a reasonable thing for boards to review; how many vacation and sick hours used by library staff in a given month probably is not. Getting involved in collection development decisions is definitely off-limits for boards.… Read More »Five Warning Signs of Library Board Micromanagement