• The revised Librarian’s Helper was created to provide an overview of public library administration for new librarians and library boards.
• The Public Library District Handbook assists librarians and boards through the first steps of establishing or converting to an Illinois District Library.
• The handouts from the Trustee Duties workshop on April 22, 2010 are available, What is an Illinois Library Trustee?, Citations to the Illinois Compiled Statutes, and Taxes Used to Support Illinois Public Libraries.
• Days and Dates To Remember sponsored by the Illinois Library Systems is a detailed 2-year calendar of important legal dates and deadlines of interest to Illinois libraries.
• The North Suburban Library System’s Trustee information makes trustee development easy.
• Trustee Connections, while this blog is for Library Trustees, it is also beneficial to library directors. Trustee Connections was written by Rose Chenoweth with the Alliance Library System.
• Check out the Metropolitan Library System’s Public Library Director’s Toolkit. The  Web sites selected were developed by different state agencies, libraries from all over the United States and include sites from non-library sources. The toolkit list will evolve, changing as issues, trends and libraries change.
• Posted on WebJunction Illinois, Library Law Articles, are provided by the  Metropolitan Library System and the North Suburban Library System. These articles are authored by the law firm Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd.
• Illinois’ Criminal Code specifically addresses the protection of library material from theft and/or damage. The library must post the statute for the law.

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