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...for public library trustees and public library directors everywhere that can educate, alert, assess, and improve the policies and practices within any public library...up-to-date...I would highly recommend this book. - RQ ...can assist with the proper education and training of trustees, who are, after all, essential to the provision of good public library service. - WILSON LIBRARY BULLETIN

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...can assist with the proper education and training of trustees, who are, after all, essential to the provision of good public library service... Wilson Library Bulletin ...for public library trustees and public library directors everywhere that can educate, alert, assess, and improve the policies and practices within any public library... up-to-date...I would highly recommend this book for all public library collections, but I hope it never reaches the shelves and is instead always in the hands of trustees and their directors. Rq ...recommended reading. Australian Library Journal This is an excellent, clear, fast-to-read book which might well be a part of the trustee orientation packet. Public Library Quarterly Lists of study questions and lots of the nitty-gritty on doing things, solving problems, and much more enhance the book's usefulness, as does its coverage of the important, though more peripheral areas of public relations and lobbying for funding. Booklist

...can assist with the proper education and training of trustees, who are, after all, essential to the provision of good public library service... Wilson Library Bulletin ...for public library trustees and public library directors everywhere that can educate, alert, assess, and improve the policies and practices within any public library... up-to-date...I would highly recommend this book for all public library collections, but I hope it never reaches the shelves and is instead always in the hands of trustees and their directors. Rq ...recommended reading. Australian Library Review This is an excellent, clear, fast-to-read book which might well be a part of the trustee orientation packet. Public Library Quarterly Lists of study questions and lots of the nitty-gritty on doing things, solving problems, and much more enhance the book's usefulness, as does its coverage of the important, though more peripheral areas of public relations and lobbying for funding. Booklist

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Lorraine Williams (BA, University of Toronto; MSW, University of Ottawa), formerly a member of the North York Public Library Board, is Vice-Chair of the Metropolitan Toronto Library Board. Her human relations skills (as group therapist and marital/individual counselor) combine well with her down-to-earth writing style (as author of numerous articles and books) and extensive experience as Past President of both the Ontario and the Canadian Library Trustees Association, and member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Library Association.

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