Marathon County Public Library

ITEM NUMBER: 7.01

CHAPTER 7: Administrative

Management

CODE: Policy

COMPUTER ID: AMOM-1

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Title: Administration of Library

Effective Date: 11-24-86

Authorized By: Library Board of Trustees

Date of Last Revision: 3/2009

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The function of the Library Director and the Administration Office is to
manage the Library's

resources in an effective and efficient manner. This includes the gener
al management of the

Library, personnel, administration, and finance.



General management includes overall library planning; evaluation of services; preparation of

service objectives; execution of policies established by the Board of Tr
ustees and interaction

with the Board of Trustees; the Friends of the Marathon County Public Li
brary; the County

Board; the city Council; School Districts; the Wisconsin Valley Library
Service; the Wisconsin

Library Association; Division for Libraries, Technology & Community Lear
ning; the Wisconsin

State Legislature; the American Library Association; and other organizat
ions in the community

and the State. General management also includes the preparation of the
narrative and

statistical reports needed to keep the Board of Trustees, funding agenci
es, the State, and the

public well informed.



Personnel administration includes hiring personnel, assigning duties, ov
erseeing training and

continuing education of employees, evaluating staff performance, disciplining staff as required,

administering all personnel policies, and keeping appropriate records.



Financial administration includes the preparation and defense of the Lib
rary's budget request,

careful monitoring of the Library's expenditures to be sure that they ar
e in accord with the

budget, and the preparation of such reports as are needed to keep the Bo
ard of Trustees,

funding agencies, the State, and the public well informed.