About the Library:

Director's Welcome

Mission

Library Floor Plans

Directions

Contact The Library

Holiday and Sunday Schedule

Library History/Description

Governance &
Board of Trustees

Library Directory

Library Job Postings

Governance & Board of Trustees

Governance
The Hingham Public Library was incorporated on March 19, 1872 by a Special Act of the Massachusetts Legislature for the purpose of maintaining a public library in the Town of Hingham.

Following the enactment in 1965 of an amendment to the 1872 Special Act, management of the Library has been vested in a Board of Trustees consisting of (a) the members of the corporation (no fewer than nine nor more than eleven in number), (b) the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, the Superintendent of Schools, and the Treasurer of the Town, as trustees ex officio, (c) three residents of Hingham appointed by the Board of Selectmen, and (d) two residents of Hingham appointed by the Moderator.

The Board of Trustees annually elects a President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary. The Board also maintains a number of standing committees, to facilitate policy development and service delivery.

The Board of Trustees hires a qualified/certified Library Director to oversee the management, operation and development of the Library.

Board of Trustees
Charles B. Abbott, Esq., President
Harold S. Goldstein, Vice-President
Kathleen Q. Norman, Secretary
Jane Keirnan, Treasurer
Edward Siegfried, Assistant Treasurer

Edward Boylan
Thomas J. Carey, Jr., Esq.
Edna English
Arthur T. Garrity, Jr.
Kate Mahony
David Mehegan

JoAnn Mitchell

A. Stedman Murdy
Nelson G. Ross, Esq.
Mark Van Dine
James G. Welch

Philip J. Edmundson, Trustee Ex Officio
Dr. Dorothy Galo, Trustee Ex Officio
Jean M. Montgomery, Trustee Ex Officio

Library Director:
Dennis R. Corcoran