Code of Massachusetts Regulations
605 CMR - BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS
Title 605 CMR 3.00 - Certification Of Librarians
Section 3.01 - Applicability

(1) The Board of Library Commissioners shall grant to an applicant a certificate as either a professional librarian or a sub-professionallibrarian, if the applicant meets the appropriate statutory and regulatory requirements.

(2) The classification of library positions as sub-professional and professional and the establishment of local requirements for both grades of library personnel rest with the local library employing authority.

(3) Certification is required of the library director, chief librarian, or librarian-in-charge in a city or town as a prerequisite to receive direct state aid to public libraries under M.G.L. c. 78, § 19A.

(4) The law does not limit the certification process to full-time employees; therefore applications for certification of part-time employees will be accepted.

(5) The law does not limit the certification process to employees of municipallibraries. Applications from persons employed in all types of libraries will be accepted and processed.

(6) School librarians are certified under the Teacher Certification Law by the Board of Education (m.G.L. c. 71, § 38G as amended by St. 1973, c. 847 and further amended by St. 1977, c. 865). Since the requirements for the certification of school librarians are not identical with the requirements for certification of professional librarians under M.G.L. c. 78, §§ 22 through 31, the holder of a certificate as a school librarian may not be entitled to certification as a professional librarian.*