Library Trustees

Trustee Training Materials

• Trustee Training Overview
  • Part 1: General Strategy for Orienting New Trustees
  • Part 2: Sample Outline for New Trustee Orientation
  • Part 3: Materials
• Top Ten Action List for Trustees
• Library Acronyms
• Wisconsin Library Law: Chapter 43, Outline
• Wisconsin Library Law: Chapter 43, Summaries of Sections
• “Non-Local Borrowing” and Wisconsin State Law
  
• Places to Advertise Library Positions
• SCLS Fact Sheet: What does SCLS Provide to Its Member Libraries?

Self-Evaluation Tools for Trustees

• Trustee Self-evaluation Form Based on Trustee Essentials
• "Library Trustee Self-Evaluation" from the Utah State Library
  
  

General Resources

• Trustee Update
• Wisconsin Library Trustee Resource Page (from DPI)
• "Trustee Trouble" (from Wyoming State Library)
  [Note: "Trustee Trouble" is specific to Wyoming and a county library system; however, much of the information is applicable to Wisconsin.  It is available on DVD in the SCLS Professional Collection.  Or contact Mark Ibach if you would like him to make a copy for your library.]
• Wisconsin Library Association

Other SCLS topics of interest

• System Celebration
• Library Law