Library Board Strategic Guide: Going to the Next Level

This guide shows how library board leaders can deal with issues in public library management, including risk management, local values and the First Amendment, leadership and management, funding, and relationships with community leaders. It aims to aid trustees and their directors in understanding the impact of issues, assessing the trustee's role in addressing them, and reviewing practices from other libraries. Miller is affiliated with a company that specializes in positioning strategies for organizations, and Fisher is an independent consultant in marketing, public relations, and library board development. Both have served libraries in a variety of roles. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ellen G. Miller is president of the Ellen Miller Group, a company that specializes in positioning strategies for complex public and non-profit organizations.

Patricia H. Fisher, an independent consultant in the areas of Marketing and Public Relations and Library Board Development, is currently working as a research assistant on a project to study the supply and demand of subject specialists in academic and research libraries as part of a joint effort by the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland-College Park.