GUILDERLAND — Only one person is running for library trustee in Guilderland although two seats are open.

Bryan Best is seeking a second five-year term on the 11-member board. The posts are unpaid.

Incumbent Robert Feller is not seeking re-election. “We thank Bob for his service,” said Timothy Wiles, the library’s director.

That means that write-in votes will determine the other trustee.

Best himself won his seat in 2011 in a write-in campaign. Similar to this year, only one incumbent ran in 2011. Best, on seeing that no one had filed a petition for the second open seat that year, launched a write-in campaign and garnered 48 votes; 15 other people got one or two write-in votes.

“The library has always been important to me,” Best said on Election Night in 2011. “It’s a fantastic community resource so I decided to run.”

Best, 29, is director of research for the Minority Conference of the Albany County Legislature. Raised in Guilderland, he graduated from Guilderland High School in 2005 and then earned an associates degree from Hudson Valley Community College and, following that, a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University at Albany.

Describing himself as a “history buff,” Best said in 2011 his favorite book is “The Killer Angels” by Michael Shaara, about the Battle of Gettysburg, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975. Best said this week that is still his favorite book but a more recent one that he’d recommend and entreat people to read is Doris Goodman’s “Team of Rivals.” The book is about Abraham Lincoln who, as a little-known lawyer serving just one term in Congress, overcame prominent rivals to become president.

Asked about his accomplishments in five years on the board, Best said, “One of the things I most wanted to change was customer service — being friendly and welcoming people. We have a great new director who has made the library a friendly and welcoming place. Our programs are bringing in more and more people.” (See related story on the library’s budget.)

Asked about his goals for his upcoming five-year term, Best said, “My next goal would be better communication with the public. The library does so many things people don’t know about,” he said. “We have a notary public. We issue fishing and hunting licenses. We lend DVDs. We have a pop-up library where librarians go out to the mall or the Y with a laptop and books.”

Best went on, “We’ve talked about getting an app to search for books and movies from the library right from your phone. And we’ve talked about a mobile book unit to go out in the community.”

Wiles described Best as “very energetic and productive.”

Over the past decade, the library has had more uncontested races than contested ones.

Wiles said the board had “briefly discussed downsizing,” but decided to stay with the 11 at-large members.

“Eleven members are necessary for the committee structure to work well,” Wiles said.

The trustees participate on four committees: for building and grounds, personnel, policy, and finances.

They attend 10 regular monthly board meetings as well as extra meetings when needed.

Wiles said, “With write-ins last year, we got Herb Hennings, a retired union executive with a lot of knowledge on how state labor laws function.”

He went on, “Our board feels we could use people with a background in finance.”

Wiles concluded, “We all keep our eyes open.”