Library Practitioner Certification
The Arizona State Library has implemented use of the Western Council Continuum of Library Education Library Practitioner Core Competencies in the annual Arizona Library Institute and with workshops and online opportunities provided throughout the year. Mastery of the Library Practitioner Core Competencies as demonstrated through successful completion of approved education and training courses will lead to certification of individuals through a regional Library Practitioner Certificate Program.
The Continuum of Library Education...
- » ...is a project of the Western Council of State Libraries to address pressing issues facing the library profession today: professional recruitment, retention, diversity, and the need for improved library services especially in rural, underserved and tribal areas.
- » ...will focus on Library Practitioners in initial implementation phase and expand focus to other library workers as quickly as possible.
- » ...defines Library Practioner as a library director or manager who has no library science degree and requires additional formal library training to improve job performance and/or to achieve certification.
- » ...is supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership and a lifetime of learning.
A Library Practitioner can be described as an individual who is a library director or manager who has no library science degree and requires additional formal library training to improve job performance and/or to achieve certification. For more information about the certification program, please visit http://certificate.westernco.org. To see examples of how a library practitioner can achieve certification through the many resources made available by the Arizona State Library and from around the state, click here.
Support and funding are from the Western Council of State Libraries, Inc., an organization of the chief officers in state library agencies in the 21 western states and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a Federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership and a lifetime of learning.
Partners in addition to the 21 Western Council states are the graduate library and information science programs at the University of Arizona, San Jose State University (CA), Emporia State University (KS), Texas Woman's University, University of North Texas, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mesa Community College (AZ), and Maricopa Community College (AZ), and the Delaware Division of Libraries.
Updated: 05/17/2006
