Library Board Development Kit – Written by staff from the Southern Ontario Library Service, with assistance from OLS-North and the Ontario Library Boards Association, this publication began in 1991 as the Trustee Orientation Kit, and by 2004 was the Library Board Orientation Kit in 2004. In August 2014, this publication was updated in preparation for the October 2014 elections. We have posted the publication in pdf as separate chapters, and also as a full document. You can use as an online version or print the publication in one of the two formats provided here.
Format #1 – Full text of Library Board Development Kit (97 pages)
Format #2 – individual chapters of the Library Board Development Kit
Cover, Introduction and Table of Contents (7 pages)
Section 1 –Board Orientation (7 pages)
Section 2 – Public Libraries in Ontario (16 pages)
Section 3 – Legislative Authority and Responsibilities (8 pages)
Section 4 – The Role of the Board (6 pages)
Section 5 – Meeting Managements (10 pages)
Section 6 – Financial Oversight (10 pages)
Section 7 – Key Relationships – the Board, the CEO and the municipal Council (9 pages)
Section 8 – Planning (7 pages)
Section 9 – Policy (8 pages)
Section 10 – The Library Board and the community (9 pages)
(Total = 97 pages down from 137!)