Friends & Trustees

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Friends of the Library and Trustee groups are some of the powerhouses behind libraries. These groups frequently advocate on behalf of libraries and spend hours raising funds and volunteering their time to help make their local library a success. Find great resources on organizing a Friends group, offering training to trustees, and best practices for working with these groups.

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Kansas Trustee Core Skills Training Modules

Document / Last Modified: March 21, 2012

This page provides information about the Kansas five core skills for trustees and links to training modules for each core skill in PDF format.

Are You Trustee - Worthy? Ethics for Trustees

Document / Last Modified: March 19, 2012

This page includes the program description for Are you Trustee - Worthy, an online presentation by Gina Millsap and supporting resources for this session.

Handbook for Connecticut Library Friends

Document / Last Modified: March 10, 2012

This handbook from Connecticut, created with the help of LSTA funding, shows how to start and run a Friends of the Library.

Motivating Your Board: Lawsuits, Money, and Facilities

Webinar / Last Modified: March 8, 2012

Here you will find a link to the archived webinar of July 31, 2008: Motivating Your Board: Lawsuits, Money and Facilities. This is webinar #22 in our Rural In Focus webinar series.