Illinois State Library

Trustee Information

What is TIP?  |  Contact TIP  |  Legal Interests  |  Continuing Education  |  Publications  |  Fundraising & Marketing  |  Links  |  On-line Organizations  |  Search

What is TIP?

The Illinois State Library'sTrustee Information Page or TIP provides basic information and serves as a "clearinghouse" for obtaining more information of concern to library trustees, library directors, and staff. We welcome your ideas and suggestions. Please bookmark this page for future reference.

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Contact the Trustee Information Page

The Trustee Information Page welcomes your ideas and suggestions to enhance this site. Please submit your comments and questions to:

Trustee Information Page
Neil Kelley
The Illinois State Library
Library Development Group
300 So. 2nd Street
Springfield, IL 62701-1796
Phone: 1-800-665-5576
Fax Number: (217) 782-1891

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Legal Interests

The following links provide library trustees with a wide variety of pertinent legal and legislative information.

• Illinois Election Information
• Illinois Freedom of Information Act
• The Library Bill of Rights
• Illinois Public Libraries and the Law PDF
• Useful Citations to Illinois Compiled Statutes

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Publications and Articles of Interest to Library Trustees

The following publications and articles of interest are featured for Library Trustees, whether newly elected or long term. Additional recommendations are always welcome.

• Library Acronyms and Terms
• The Library Trustee's Role and Responsibility

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Fundraising & Marketing

Libraries can benefit and become stronger through resource sharing. We encourage communication between libraries and would like to focus attention on programs which can be duplicated by libraries around the state. Please feel free to share your successful marketing strategies and fundraisers with other libraries. Send information about your library grant project via e-mail to nkelley@ilsos.net or fax the information to 217-782-1877. Additional information can be found in the Trustee Fact File

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Links

The Illinois Library Association has published a list of sites for preschool-elementary age children and their parents. This list is recommended by librarians who work with children and the web.

The following links could be of interest to librarians, library trustees, and library staff. We encourage you to submit further sites for publication on this page.

• American Library Association
• Chicago Public Library
• Grants for Public Libraries
• Illinois Library Association
• University of Illinois Library
• Friends of Libraries USA

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On-line Organizations

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Search

Search the web for more information.

• www.infoseek.com
• Trustee Facts File

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PDF - These publications and forms are provided in PDF (Portable Document Format) files, which can be viewed or printed using your Web browser and Adobe's Acrobat Reader software. Macintosh and Windows versions of Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge from Adobe.