Indiana Administrative Code
Title 590 - INDIANA LIBRARY AND HISTORICAL BOARD
Article 5 - LIBRARIAN CERTIFICATION
Rule 3 - Certification Application; Fees
Section 3-4 - Renewal applications for librarian certificates
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 36-12-11-5
Affected: IC 36-12-11
Sec. 4.
(a) Application for renewal of librarian certification following adoption of this administrative rule shall be made on the regular form prescribed for all certificates and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee as established in section 3 of this rule.
(b) Renewal for a library director will require the completion of one hundred (100) LEUs in five (5) years.
(c) Renewal for a system-wide department or branch head will require seventy-five (75) LEUs in five (5) years.
(d) Renewal for a Librarian Certificate 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 professional assistant will require fifty (50) LEUs in five (5) years.
(e) Library education providers must be evaluated and approved by the Indiana state library. LEU courses should be library-related or specialist subjects of importance to library programming, services, or operations. LEUs are as follows:
(f) Certified librarians shall retain copies of LEU certificates of completion, or other written documentation of LEU completion, for a period of at least ninety (90) days from the later of the following dates:
The librarian shall provide the state library with copies of LEU certificates of completion, or other written documentation of LEU completion, upon request. Following every certificate renewal period, the state library shall randomly audit for compliance ten percent (10%) of librarians required to take continuing education courses. Librarians who did not have enough LEUs to qualify for their renewal will be notified and will be subject to the disciplinary process under IC 36-12-11.
(g) Except as provided in subsection (h), LEUs required to renew a librarian certificate under subsections (b), (c), and (d) must be earned while the certificate is in effect.
(h) This subsection applies when a person submits an initial application for a five (5) year certificate prior to the seventh month of employment in the person's current position. The person may count LEUs earned after the date the person began working in the position and before the effective date of the person's initial five (5) year certificate toward renewing the person's five (5) year certificate. The date the person began working in the position will be determined using the start date for the current position as listed on the initial application for a five (5) year certificate.
This version of section effective January 1, 2023. See also preceding version of section, effective until January 1, 2023.