Answering the Calls of "What's Next" and "Library Workers Cannot Live by Love Alone" through Certification and Salary Research

Abstract

Members and staff of the American Library Association (ALA) worked diligently over more than a decade to develop a certification program for public library managers. Spurred by a long-standing trend in many other terminal-degree professions that have postdegree, voluntary certifications, the Certified Public Library Administrator Program was born. Legal authority recommended the establishment of a service organization, a 501(c)(6) to manage the program, which has become one of several programs that will be offered to library employees under the imprimatur of ALA.

The Role of Paraprofessionals in Technical Services in Academic Libraries

“…• challenges to work with a variety of materials • inspiration to do more and be more 35 As a result, ALCTS started initiatives tailored for paraprofessionals in training workshops, training the trainers, and partnerships with national, regional, and state organizations to deliver programs, publications, and information clearing house. In 1997, the ALA Library Support Staff Interests Round Table (LSSIRT ) conducted a survey to determine the predominant issues facing library paraprofessionals.…”