Zwingle Library and Resource Center for Academic Trusteeship and Governance

The J.L. Zwingle Library and Resource Center for Academic Trusteeship and Governance is a repository for the best research and scholarship on trusteeship, governance, and the academic presidency. It represents the strong commitment made by AGB to serve as a continuing education resource for its members.

The Zwingle Library and Resource Center's mission is twofold. First, it responds to the information needs of AGB members and, second, it strives to encourage more empirical research and scholarship to advance the practice of academic trusteeship and institutional governance. The goal of the Library is to serve as the premier repository for the best published research and scholarship on governance, trusteeship, and the academic presidency. The Library is both a physical and an online gathering place for board members and students of trusteeship—a comprehensive starting point for those seeking help on virtually any subject bearing on institutional trusteeship, the academic presidency, and governance.

The Library also serves as a repository of current institutional and board policies, such as institutional statements of individual trustee responsibilities, bylaws, and presidential assessment.

The resources of the Zwingle Library are accessible to AGB members at no cost. Among those member services:

• Access to a database of articles, books, reports, and other literature searchable on AGB's Web site, or to database searches performed for you by the Zwingle Library and Resource Center librarian.
• Customized responses to questions with your deadlines in mind.
• Copies of sample documents collected from all types and sizes of institutions.
• Copies of articles from Trusteeship.
• Access to customized annotated bibliographies.
• Links to other helpful higher education-related associations, organizations, and databases.

To learn more, contact Pat Wood, director of the ZRC. If you are interested in consulting services, contact AGB's Board Education and Consulting Services.

History of the Zwingle Resource Center
Since its founding in 1921, AGB has provided educational services to trustees. As early as 1974, the association created a trustee information clearinghouse and limited lending library that has undergone many iterations. In 1998, AGB completed the library's most recent expansion with generous financial support from the family of J.L. Zwingle. After undergoing a complete physical and organizational transformation, the library was dedicated to J.L. Zwingle's memory on April 2, 1998

About J.L. Zwingle
AGB's first full-time president was James L'Woods Zwingle who served AGB from 1964 to 1974. In his long and distinguished career in higher education, Zwingle served as president of Park College (Missouri) from 1947 to 1955 and as vice president of Cornell University from 1955 to 1964.

A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Zwingle received his doctorate from Cornell University and then joined its faculty as associate professor of English.