Applegate, RachelGibbs, PauletteCowser, Catherine SueScarbrough, Jill2010-08-122010-08-122007Gibbs, Paulette, et al. "Public library trustees: Characteristics and educational preferences - A research study." Public Library Quarterly 26, no. 1/2 (2007): 21-43.Gibbs, Paulette, et al. "Public library trustees: Characteristics and educational preferences - A research study," August 12, 2010. Available from IUPUI ScholarWorks. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/22430161-6846https://hdl.handle.net/1805/2243This post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of the article submitted to IUPUI ScholarWorks as part of the OASIS Project. Article reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Permission granted through posted policies on copyright owner’s website or through direct contact with copyright owner.This article reports on the methodology and findings of a 2005 survey of Indiana public library trustees. The study ascertained demographics of trustees and asked about their preferred educational content needs and the format in which they wanted it delivered. The trustees selected education about budgeting and strategic planning as their highest priorities. They selected law/liability, board-director relations and several other topics less often. Trustees expressed a strong preference for locally available programming, although many respondents were interested in online delivery options. Compared with earlier studies in other states, a larger percentage of trustees had participated in educational programs (39% in this survey vs. 29% and 20% previously). Finally, as in those earlier studies, trustees are unrepresentative of their populations, being more educated and more female than the citizens for which they govern their libraries.en-USContinuing EducationIndiana Library Trustee AssociationSurvey ResearchTrustee TrainingIndiana Library Trustee AssociationIndiana Library FederationPublic library trustees -- Indiana"Public Library Trustees: Characteristics and Educational Preferences: A Research StudyArticle