The Princeton Public Library, the community’s living room, connects people with ideas, information, technology, resources and each other in ways that enrich their lives and help them to realize their dreams.

WONDER
RISK
IMAGINE
EXPLORE
DOUBT
POSSIBLE
CHANGE
QUESTION*

• Some of the words in the building cornerstone by text-artist Robert Barry

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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:
Three members from Princeton Borough
Three members from Princeton Township
Three statutory members (or their alternates designated annually for one-year terms): the Mayor of 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.

Trustees

Katherine McGavern, President
Andrew Erlichson
Robert Ginsberg, Vice-President & Superintendent’s Alternate Kiki Jamieson
Ira Fuchs, Treasurer Alison Lahnston
Bernie Miller, Township Mayor Richard Levine
Mildred Trotman, Borough Mayor
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.