Library Board Orientation Kit
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The fifth edition of Library Board Orientation Kit was published in 2004. Originally called the Trustee Orientation Kit,
this publication began in 1991 as a component of the Library Trustee Development program that was led by the Southern Ontario Library Service
(SOLS) and supported by Ontario Library Service-North (OLS-N), with the assistance of the Ministry responsible for public libraries. For the
first five editions, a print copy was distributed to each trustee and CEO in Ontario public libraries. However, please be aware that for the
2006 round of municipal elections, there will not be a new edition of the Library Board Orientation Kit, nor will additional
copies of the print version be available for distribution this year.
Through the changes made over five editions, we feel that the text remains just as relevant today as it did in 2004. Rather than
re-distribute a new edition, or more print copies of this edition, we suggest that you continue to use the same copies where there are
returning trustees. You might also be able to pass along copies of the Library Board Orientation Kit used by retiring trustees,
or if you wish, you can make copies of the publication using a print copy that you might have or by using the downloadable copies included in
this section of the SOLS website.
Please read these listings carefully as there are several options offered to you.
If you have any questions about this publication or the update, please contact
Option 1:
You can just add this one page Addendum (.pdf) to the front of each existing 2004 kit.
To complete the kit revisions, you should also add the pages showing the updated list of
"Acronyms and Selected Terms", in Module 1.
Option 2:
If you wish to actually replace, in each existing kit, the actual pages where a change has been made, we have provided versions of these individual pages.
Print these six pages (.pdf) and then use them to replace the corresponding pages in the 2004 kit.To
complete the kit revisions, you should also add the pages showing the updated list of
"Acronyms and Selected Terms", in Module 1.
Option 3:
If you wish to print off new copies of the complete 2004 version of the Library Board Orientation Kit,
including the six corrected pages, you should use the following files.
Table of contents
You will require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the .pdf files.
