• One-on-one Technology Assistance

    Come visit our technology intern, Chelsea Mondays and Tuesdays 11:30am-2:30pm for all your technology questions!

  • Summer. Simple. Starts June 1.

    On June 1, we are moving to new summer hours. The biggest change is that we will open at 10 AM daily. Monday & Wednesday, 10 AM to 9 PM; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10 AM to 5:30 PM; Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM. Closed Sunday.

  • Online Access to Historical Rutland High School Yearbooks

    The Rutland Historical Society and the library have partnered to make selected years of the Rutland High School Yearbook from 1930-1993 (more coming!) available. Check it out by clicking on the title!

  • Try TumbleBooks ebooks for Kids!

    Click on the Kids Space tab to access TumbleBooks! Find animated, talking picture books with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, and Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration.)

  • Billings Farm and Museum Pass Now Available

    We now have a pass for 2 adults and 2 children for the Billings Farm and Museum! Call or swing by the library to borrow it.  

  • Check out the schedule for 2013′s Community Cinema

    Rutland Film Society and Rutland Free Library present a second year of outstanding films and panel discussion. Every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7pm.

  • Library Elf

    Sign up for Library Elf, a new service we subscribe to, and you can receive emails or text messages for holds and due dates on your library account.

  • Reader’s Corner

    Reader’s Corner (which you can find in the left-hand menu, and the top menu) features all the resources you need about books in our library. There are links to InterLibrary Loan and a request form for new books and dvds. Check it out today!

RFL Board

The Board of Trustees is the legal governing authority of the Library, and has the final responsibility for deciding library policy and budgetary procedures. All board meetings and the annual meeting of the Rutland Free Library Association, Inc. are open to the public. People are encouraged to attend.

Vermont’s “Open Meeting Law” codified at 1 V.S.A. 311 et. seq., applies to all Board meetings. Membership in the Association is free and open to all. The frequency and general schedule of the board’s meetings are described in the Association’s bylaws. Details are posted in the library and on the library website calendar.

You may contact the President of the Board of Trustees by emailing trustees@rutlandfree.org.

 By-laws of the Rutland Free Library Association, Inc.

Board Committee Meetings

Board Meeting Minutes

Strategic Plan RFL 2012

2011-2012 Board of Trustees

  • Larry Courcelle- President (At Large)
  • Kathy Harm- Vice President (Rutland City)
  • Michael Brochu – Treasurer (Rutland City)
  • Tricia Huebner- Secretary (Rutland City)
  • Vacant (Ira)
  • David Cooper (Rutland City)
  • Doris Farenkopf (Rutland City)
  • Kathy Harm (Rutland City)
  • Meg Horrocks (Rutland Town)
  • Patricia Hunter (Rutland Town)
  • Joan Gamble (Rutland City)
  • Betsy Reddy (Mendon)
  • Don Wickman (Rutland City)
  • Cathy Reynolds (Tinmouth)
  • Vacant (Rutland City: 1 pending appointment)