This reading list is intended to introduce to community college trustees the rich store of material available to a person who wishes to become--and remain--well informed about community colleges and the important public service role of trustees. It includes an annotated bibliography of pertinent periodicals and newspapers, as well as abstracts of documents on the subjects of: (1) the role of the community college in American education; (2) the role of the trustees; (3) the relationships of state and local boards; (4) governance; (5) collective bargaining; (6) educational issues (improving instruction, methods of educational finance, utilization of part-time faculty, etc.); (7) management; (8) planning and policy making; and (9) zero-base budgeting. The bibliography concludes with three ways trustees might function, and seven practices that presidents should follow in working with the board. In order to preserve the time of the trustee significant items have been identified with an asterisk, and materials within each section are arranged in the suggested order of reading. (Author/RT)