The Michigan Library Trustees Manual covers the following topics: (1) characteristics of a good public library, (2) characteristics of good library trustees and boards, (3) responsibilities and duties of trustees in relation to those of the library, (4) planning and policymaking, (5) board meetings, (6) sample by-laws, (7) budget and finance, (8) library laws and trustees, (9) orientation, (10) in-service training, (11) library and trustee organizations, (12) the state library and (13) trustee bookshelf -- sources of information about public library trusteeship. (MM)