Maintains a continuing education program and information network for library trustees and encourages citizens' use and support of libraries.

2011-2012 Manager
Margaret J. Danhof
Fountaindale Public Library District
300 W. Briarcliff Rd.
Bolingbrook, IL  60440-2884
phone:  (630) 972-1533
e-mail:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Board Liaison: Donald L. Roalkvam

The Library Trustee Forum Bylaws can be found here.  Information on the Trustee of the Year Award, presented at the ILA Annual Conference every fall, can be found here.

TrusteeTrustee Facts File
The third edition of the Trustee Facts File is meant to provide a broad overview of the duties, responsibilities, and tasks of the public library trustee.  Published by the Illinois Library Association and the Illinois State Library, this document will be of great help to the interested and educated trustee.

Funding for Trustee Facts File, Third Edition, was awarded by the Illinois State Library (ISL), a Division of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

Trustee Facts File (1.8 MB)

Administrative Ready Reference
This useful resource contains information on annexation, charitable giving, fee calculation, ordinances, grant planning, and more.  This material was published on CD-ROM, and was made possible by grant funding provided by The Illinois State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State using federal LSTA funding.

To view this stand-alone resource, which contains a many downloadable documents, simply click the link below to open a new browser window.

Administrative Ready Reference

Other Trustee Information
The files listed below are available for download in .pdf format, which requires Acrobat Reader to view. If you don't already have it, you can get it here for free.

Illinois Libraries Today (4.1 MB)
Illinois Public Library Statistics (.8 MB)
The Internet and Our Children (3.2 MB)
Library Advocacy (.1 MB)
Privacy and Confidentiality (.4 MB)
Serving Our Public (.4 MB)