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2023

Trustee Update Vol. 16 No 1 - July 2023

Trustee Training Week 2023

  • No More Neutral: How to Use Marketing to Position Your Library in Challenging Times
  • Wisconsin Library Law
  • Nurturing Your Library Culture
  • LGBTQ - Inclusive Trusteeship
  • Elected Officials are People, Too

2022

Trustee Update Vol. 15. No 1. – July 2022

Trustee Training Week 2022

  • Materials Challenges & Your Library From the Trustee Table
  • Here to Stay: Recruiting & Retaining Dedicated Library Workers
  • Effective & Efficient Meetings: Parliamentary Procedure
  • Making Sense & Cents of a Library Building Project: The Library Trustee Role
  • From Stories to Action: How to Talk about Your Budget to Activate Support & Secure Funding

2021

Trustee Update Vol. 14. No. 3–November 2021

Paying Library Bills: Who is Responsible for What?

  • Library Funding Sources Explained
  • SCLS resources support library trustees
  • Save the Date for Legislative Day 2022
Trustee Update Vol. 14, No. 2–June 2021
  • Registration Open for Trustee Training Week 2021
  • Cornerstone 2021: Save the Dates for Wisconsin Rapids & Monona!
  • Library Board Composition Spelled Out in Chapter 43
  • ‘Short Takes for Trustees’ is Excellent Educational Tool
Trustee Update Vol. 14, No. 1–March 2021
  • Are library staff municipal employees?
  • SCLS Member Libraries and 2022 County Aid
  • Libraries Step Up Advocacy Toolkit Available
  • Library Legislative Day Follow Up

2020

Trustee Update Vol. 13, No. 3–October 2020
  • Board bylaws should support chain of command
  • Trustee Training Week Videos Available
  • Save the Date for Legislative Day 2021
Trustee Update Vol. 13, No. 2–June 2020
  • Register now for Trustee Training Week 2020
  • DLT funds statewide subscription to homelessness videos
Trustee Update Vol. 13, No. 1–April 2020
  • SCLS continues subscription to 'Short Takes for Trustees'
  • SCLS libraries record more than $1 million in service to adjacent county residents
  • SCLS resources support library trustees
  • Hold the date for Trustee Training Week

2019

Vol. 12, No. 1 -- April 2019

  • SCLS libraries record nearly $1 million in service to adjacent county residents
  • Resources available to support trustee advocacy efforts
  • SCLS resources support libary trustees
  • Hold the date for Trustee Training Week

Vol. 12, No. 2 -- June 2019

  • Trustee Training Week registration now open
  • Nominate your library for a 2019 SCLS Foundation award

2018

Vol. 11, No. 1 -- April 2018

  • Make advocacy a library turstee priority
  • Resources to support library trustee work
  • Trustee Training Week is Aug. 13-17
  • Read Trustee Essentials
  • Articles of Interest

Vol. 11, No. 2 -- July 2018

  • Register now for 'Trustee Training Week'
  • Nominate your library for a 2018 SCLS Foundation Award

Vol. 11, No. 3 -- December 2018

  • Save the date for Library Legislative Day 2019
  • Consider Linking 'Resources for Job Seekers' to your libary's website
  • SCLS supports local history digtization projects at libraries
  • 'Trustee Training Week' recordings available online