Trustees

The Board of Trustees of the Cook Memorial Library holds their regular business meetings at 5:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at the Cook Memorial Library.

Library Trustees’ meetings are open to the public to attend in-person or online via Zoom.

Minutes of the meetings are posted and on file at the library, and on the Town of Tamworth website. Contact us to reach the Library Trustees.

Library Trustees:

• Kristel Faris
• Vacant – Treasurer
• Sherryl Hitte
• Allie Kaplan-Thompson – Chair
• Betsy Loughran
• Lew Prillaman – Corresponding Secretary
• Paul Priestman – Vice Chair, Assistant Treasurer

Meeting Minutes - older minutes are on file at the library and at the town clerk's office

Policies

Strategic Plan

Northern NH Library Cooperative

Resources for Trustees

• New Hampshire Library Trustees Association (NHLTA)
• NHLTA Manual: A Guide for Trustees
• Handbook for Trustees of the Trust Funds, Cemetery Trustees, Library Trustees (NH Dept. of Justice, Charitable Trusts Unit)
• NH Attorney Generals' Memorandum on NH's Right-to-Know Law (March 2024)
• New Hampshire State Library
• New Hampshire Library Laws
• New Hampshire Department of Labor
• New Hampshire Municipal Association’s Guide to NH’s Right to Know Law
• American Library Association
• Association for Rural and Small Libraries
• United for Libraries – Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (a division of the American Library Association)
• WebJunction’s resources for Friends and Trustees