Trustees | Library Board Minutes | Meeting Schedule

Governance
The Princeton Public Library is one of six joint public libraries in New Jersey established to serve two or more municipalities — in this case: Princeton Borough and Princeton Township. It is governed by an independent Board of Trustees as described in detail in the New Jersey Statutes Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 54 (Libraries and Reading Rooms).

Library By-Laws

Board Composition
The Board of Trustees consists of 9 members:

1. Three members from Princeton Borough
2. Three members from Princeton Township
3. Three statutory members (or their alternates designated annually for one-year terms): the Mayor or Princeton Borough, the Mayor of Princeton Township and the Superintendent of the Princeton Regional Schools or his or her designee.

Under N.J. law, two of the three citizens appointed by each mayor must live in the same municipality.

Meeting Schedule
All meetings are held in the Library's second floor meeting room on the third Tuesday of the month beginning at 5:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Public notice of all meetings is posted in the Princeton Packet. The Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees complies with the requirements of the State of New Jersey’s Open Public Meetings Act.