Library Resources

PDE Search

Departmental Offices

Office of Commonwealth Libraries

Library Bureaus

Bureau of Library Development

Library Resources

Handouts for the Institute for Trustees and Friends

Library Policy Resources for Public Libraries

Family Place Grants

Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries Tax Exempt Status Information

Handouts for the 2007 Institute for Trustees and Friends

Parent Brochures for the Every Child Reads @ Your Library Program

Trustee Toolkit

Public WiFi Service for Small Libraries

State Board of Education

Act 48 - Continuing Professional Education

Teachers, Administrators and Certifications

Codes and Regulations

Data and Statistics

Forms and Documents

Grants and Subsidies

Policies and Procedures

Programs

Home >> Departmental Offices >> Office of Commonwealth Libraries >> Library Bureaus >> Bureau of Library Development >> Library Resources >> Trustee Toolkit

Trustee Toolkit

Trustee Toolkit

A Training Resource Kit for Pennsylvania Public Library Trustees

Trustee Toolkit - pdf (103 pages)

Trustee Toolkit Appendix - pdf (57 pages)

The following PowerPoint presentations are divided into chapters that correlate with the Trustee Toolkit Training Manual. The PowerPoint presentations can also be edited by trainers to be more useful to a System or District and can be used in any sequence. Small portions of the presentations can be used for mini training sessions, for example one-half hour before a board meeting.

Pennsylvania Libraries - PowerPoint

Board Basics - PowerPoint

Managing Relationships - PowerPoint

Board Development and Training - PowerPoint

Trends Driving Change - PowerPoint

Policy-making Responsibilities - PowerPoint

Hiring a Library Director - PowerPoint

What Is Planning? - PowerPoint

Money Matters - PowerPoint

Advocacy and the Role of Trustees - PowerPoint

Effective Meetings - PowerPoint

To Build or Not to Build - PowerPoint

Branding and Marketing - PowerPoint

Relating to the Public - PowerPoint

If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint, you may download a free viewer from Microsoft. If you are having difficulty opening the other documents on this page, please refer to our Site Tools page.