Council On Library/Media Technicians
LIBRARY CERTIFICATION: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
June 2003
Compiled by: Rita Gibson
- American Library Association. "ALA Library Support Staff Interests Round Table Stand on Certification." http://www.ala.org/ [Accessed 21 May 2003].
- "Association Credentialing Programs." AALL Spectrum (April 1998): 18.
- Barron, Margaret. "A Position Paper on Skill Certification for Library/Media Support Staff." (1997) http://colt.ucr.edu/coltcert.html [Accessed 21 May 2003].
- Butterfield, Kevin. "Core Competencies for Support Staff: Librarians as Departmental Leaders." AALL Spectrum (September 2000): 33.
- Canadian Library Association. Canadian Library Association Task Force on the Professional Review Process for Library Technicians in Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada:Canadian Library Association, 1991.
- Carlton, Faye. "Certification: Should We or Shouldn't We?" Louisiana Support Staff Association of Libraries (LaSSAL) Newsletter (January 1998).
- Cohen, Lucy R. "Creating a New Classification System for Technical and Supervisory Library Support Staff." Journal Of Library Administration 10 (1989): 59-85.
- "COLT Says the LTA Needs Certification." Library Journal 103 (September 1978): 1555.
- "Competencies of Law Librarianship." AALL Spectrum (June 2001): 14-15.
- Connecticut Library Association Support Staff Section. "Connecticut Library Association LTA Competencies, August 16, 2001." http://www.lib.uconn.edu/cla/new/class.html [Accessed 22 May 2003]
- "Core Competencies of Librarians and Other Information Professionals." South Hall News (Spring 1996): 1.
- Cronin, Blaise. "The View From the Trenches." Library Journal (June 15, 2001): 52.
- Ellenberger, Jack S. "Skill or Profession." AALL Spectrum (June 2001): 6, 15.
- Galey, Minaruth. "Professional Growth and Certification." Library Mosaics (November-December 1991): 12-13.
- Grego, Noel R., ed. Job Description and Certification For Library Technical Assistants. Chicago: Council on Library Technology, 1970.
- Henderson, Harriet. "PLA Plans for Certification Program." Public Libraries (May/June 2000): 129.
- "Indiana U.’s Library School to Offer Distance Certification." Library Hotline (April 7, 1997): 2.
- "Indiana University Library Education Certification Program." http://www.slis.indiana.edu/Degrees/certification.html [Accessed 21 May 2003].
- Johnson, Carol P. "Does One Size Fit All? State Library Certification Programs and Paraprofessionals." Ohio Libraries (Winter 1996): 36-39.
- Madden, Karl and Bob Grover. "Current Trends in Library Support Staff Continuing Education Programs: A Report For the Western Council on State Librarians Education Task Force, October 4, 2001." <http://msl.state.mt.us/LDD/WesternCouncilRevisedReport.htm> [Accessed 21 May 2003]
- "Maintaining Support Staff Competence Achieved Through Many Avenues." Library Personnel News 9 (September-October 1995): 3-4.
- Mannan, S. "Certification of Library Support Staff in Indiana: A Philosophy." Support Report 1 (1991): 1-2.
- Martinez, Ed. "Certification of Library Support Staff." Library Mosaics (November-December 1991): 7-10.
- "Michigan Public Library Personnel Certification Handbook." http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_18668_18685---,00.html [Accessed 21 May 2003].
- "Minnesota Voluntary Certification for Public Library Employees." http://www.arrowhead.lib.mn.us/certification/ [21 May 2003].
- Montana State Library. "Montana Certification Manual." (July 1999). http://msl.state.mt.us/slr/certification/certman.pdf [Accessed 21 May 2003].
- Naylor, Richard J. "Core Competencies What They Are and How to Use Them." Public Libraries (March/April 2000): 108-114.
- "New Mexico State Library Certification." http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/libraryservices/develop/cert.html [Accessed 21 May 2003].
- New York State Library Assistants’ Association. "Certificate of Achievement Program." http://www.englib.cornell.edu/nyslaa/certificate [Accessed 21 May 2003].
- "New York State Library Assistants’ Association Certificate of Achievement Program." Library Mosaics 6 (1995): 7.
- Niederlander, Mary. "Competencies ~ Websites for Library Staff Information Professionals." http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/4competency.html [Accessed 21 May 2003].
- Nielsen, Joyce and Linda Owen. "Certification for Library /Media Support Staff: Impact on Libraries." (January 1998). http://colt.ucr.edu/neworleans.html [Accessed 21 May 2003].
- "OK Certification Training Begins." Library Journal (April 15, 1997): 13.
- "Oklahoma PL Staff Certification Offered in Small Regional Doses." Library Hotline (April 7, 1997): 6.
- Perritt, Patsy H. "Getting Certified in 50 States: The Latest Requirements for School Librarians." School Library Journal (June 2000): 50-72.
- Shapiro, Debra. "School Certification: Keep It!" Library Journal (June 15, 2001): 8.
- Shaughnessy, Thomas W. "Approaches to Developing Competencies in Research Libraries." Library Trends (Fall 1992): 282-298.
- Slade, Kent. "Certification of Support Staff: What Is It, What Does It Do?" Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 36 (Winter 1995): 12-15.
- Utah Library Association. "Certificate of Achievement for Library Paraprofessionals." Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Library Association.
- Varlejs, Jana. "First Congress on Professional Education: An Agenda for Continuing Education." Journal of Education For Library and Information Science (Spring 2000): 143-146.
- Watkins, Christine. "Chapter Report: The Many Faces of Certification." American Libraries (October 1998): 11.
- Weibel, Kathleen. "Certification for Support Staff." Library Mosaics (November-December 1991): 15-16.
- Wilson, Anthony. "Library Technician Skill Standards." Library Mosaics (January-February 2000): 8-12.
- "Wisconsin Public Librarian Certification." http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/pld/cert.html [Accessed 21 May 2003].
This bibliography is the work of Rita Gibson. Ms. Gibson is employed as the Access Services Technician (Circulation Supervisor) at the State Law Library of Montana, Helena, MT. Prior to that she worked in both technical and public services divisions of 8 different academic, special and public libraries in Montana and Texas. According to Ms. Gibson. she has been "in the business" for 20 years. In 1997 Ms. Gibson and her paraprofessional colleague, Barbara Pepper-Rotness (Montana State Library), started Montana's paraprofessional organization, the Montana Library Paraprofessionals.
Dated revisions to the bibliography will be released periodically. To suggest resources for inclusion in future bibliographies or to discuss this one, contact Rita Gibson at: rkgibson@hotmail.com.