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Guides
Caskey, Mary Lou. (1999, March). Trustee bibliography.
Mary Lou Caskey is Assistant Director of the Mid-York Library System and regularly works with library trustees. Her bibliography is designed for them covering: board organization, finance and budgeting, planning and evaluation, personnel, policies, public relations and marketing, programs and sercvices, and friends of the library organizations.
Christenson, John. (1995, Summer). Role of the public library trustee. Library Trends, 44 (1), 63-76.
"...Examines the functions, roles, and responsibilities of the public library trustee in a rural setting."
Levine, Jenny. Net resources to help persuade your board of trustees [to get an Internet connection or web site].
Lynch, Mary Jo. (1998, August). Who are these people? American Libraries, pp. 100-101.
Massachusetts Library Trustee Association. (1990). Welcome aboard: Problem solving for library boards. VHS videotape.
McNamara, Carter. Free complete toolkit for boards.
Short, Jack . (1994). Library trustee guidelines. Avon, CT: Consultant Publications.
Swan, James. (1992). Working together: A how-to-do-it manual for trustees and librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman.
Swan, James. (1986, February). Inside the system: A primer for trustees. Wilson Library Bulletin
Williams, Lorraine. (1993). The library trustee and the public librarians. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Wisconsin library trustee resource page: Tools and resources for Wisconsin public library board members.
Wisconsin Valley Library Service. Internet sites of interest to library trustees.
Young, Virginia. (1995). The library trustee: A practical guidebook, (5th ed). Chicago: American Library Association. Young, Virginia. (1992). The trustee of a small public library, (2nd ed.). Chicago: American Library Association.
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City of Cupertino.Library Commission Handbook .
Fairfax County Public Library. (1987). Fairfax County Public Library Board of Trustees Policy Manual. Chicago: Public Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-7158-X.
Wisconsin Library Trustee Association. Trustee guidelines and resources.
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British Columbia Library Trustee Association. (1998). British Columbia Library Trustees Association handbook.
Canadian Library Association. A handbook for the Canadian library trustee: On being a library trustee.
Manitoba Library Trustees Association. A handbook for Manitoba library trustees.
Ontario Library Service. Trustee kit.
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Library Acronyms and Terms
Nebraska Library Commission. Nebraska trustee handbook: Glossary: Library terms and acronyms.
Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Office of Library Development. Trustees' glossary.
Rhode Island State Library. (1999). Rhode Island public library trustees handbook: Library Acronyms and Terms.
Utah State Library. Utah public library trustee handbook: Library board terms.
Virginia State Library. Virginia public library trustee handbook: Glossary of library terms and acronyms .
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Board Organization
Christenson, J ohn. (1995, Summer). Role of the public library trustee. Library Trends, 44 (1).
Dorsey, Eugene C. (1992). The role of the board chairperson. Washington, D.C.: National Center for Nonprofit Boards.
Ingram, Richard T. (1996). Ten basic responsibilities of nonprofit boards. Washington, D.C.: National Center for Nonprofit Boards.
Drucker, Peter Ferdinand. (1993). The five most important questions you will ever ask about your nonprofit organization: Participant's workbook: The Drucker Foundation self-assessment tool for nonprofit organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Drucker, Peter Ferdinand. (1993). How to assess your nonprofit organization with Peter Drucker's five most important questions: User guide for boards, staff, volunteers, and facilitators. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Short, Jack (John T.). (1994). Library trustee guidelines. Avon, CT: Consultant Publications.
Wade, G.S. (1991). Working with library boards: A how-to-do-it manual for librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman.
Young, Virginia. (Ed.). (1995). The library trustee: A practical guidebook. Chicago: American Library Association. Bird-5th Floor Z681.7.U5 L53 1995
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Finance and Budgeting
Hoover, Dale E. and Field, Magaret E. (1997). Illinois State Library. Trustee Facts File: The trustee and finance: budgeting, tax caps, sources of funds.
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Personnel
Cole, Jack & Mahmoodi, Suzanne H. (1998). Selecting a library director. Saint Paul, MN: Friends of Library Development and Services Library.
Goodson, Carol E. (1997). Complete guide to performance standards for library personnel. NY: Neal-Schuman.
Sandy, John H. (1981, Summer). Recruiting the public library director. Public Libraries, 4446.
Saulmon, Sharon A. (1997). Sample evaluations of library directors. Chicago: American Library Association.
Society for Human Resource Management. Personnel policy handbooks on the web.
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Planning and Evaluation
McElroy, Joseph and Trejo-Meehan, Tamiye. (1997). Illinois State Library. Trustee Facts File: Standards and planning for public libraries, why and how.
Mervis, Sybil Stern and Plotzke, Robert F. (1997). Illinois State Library. Trustee Facts File: Optimal planning of library facilities.
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Policies
Aggertt, Debra and Dewey, Patrick R. (1997). Illinois State Library. Trustee Facts File: Holding a successful referendum.
Baughman, J.C. (1993). Policy making for public library trustees. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
Central New York Library Resources Council Legislative Committee. Library advocate's tool kit.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Education Foundation, The Charlotte Observer, and The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Make YOUR Mark on the School Board.
Public Library Association. (1993). PLA handbook for writers of public library policies. Chicago: PLA Policy Manual Committee.
Raymond, Chadwick T. (1997). Illinois State Library. Trustee Facts File: Parliamentary procedures for public library trustees.
Ryan, Joe. Information resources for Information professionals: Information policy.
Utah Public Library Trustee Handbook. Making policy and A policy list for public libraries.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Wisconsin Public library policy resources page, Trustee training module #1: Library board powers and duties and Trustee training module #2: Development of essential policies for public libraries.
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Public Relations and Marketing
Tepper, Krysta and Kern, Thomas D.
(1997). Illinois State Library. Trustee Facts File: Marketing and the library trustee.
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Associations
American Library Trustee Association. (ALTA)
British Columbia Library Trustees Association (BCLTA).
Canadian Library Trustees' Association.
Kentucky Library Trustees Association .
National Center for Non-Profit Boards.
New York State Association of Library Boards (NYSALB).
Ontario Library Trustees' Association (OLTA).
Wisconsin Library Trustees Association, (WLTA).
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Journals, Newsletters, Listservs
Davenport, Ken. Leadership: Library Trustee Newsletter. Northeast Iowa Regional Library System.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Channel and Channel weekly.
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