Library Trustees

Trustee Training Materials

• Short Takes for Trustees -- 10 short videos from United for LIbraries address the job of a Trustee.
• 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
• Overview of Wisconsin Library Law: Chapter 43
• “Non-Local Borrowing” and Wisconsin State Law
• Places to Advertise Library Positions
• SCLS Fact Sheet: What does SCLS Provide to Its Member Libraries?

Trustee Training Week Videos

Wisconsin Trustee Training Week was developed in 2014 with the goal of providing high-quality webinars to public library boards, friends and trustees in Wisconsin.

You can access recorded webinars from 2015 through 2021 on the Trustee Training Week website.

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 Essentials
• Trustee Update
• Wisconsin Library Trustee Resource Page (from DPI)
• Wisconsin Public Library Standards
• Trustee Trouble (from Wyoming State Library)
• Wisconsin Library Association

Other SCLS topics of interest

• SCLS Foundation Cornerstone Award
• Library Law