Code of Massachusetts Regulations
605 CMR - BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS
Title 605 CMR 3.00 - Certification Of Librarians
Section 3.06 - Requirements for Sub-Professional Certification

Universal Citation: 605 MA Code of Regs 605.3

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

(1) The sub-professional certificate of librarianship certifies the holder as qualified "through an elementary knowledge of library techniques to engage in the necessary library routines involved in the acquiring and circulation of books, but not qualified as a professional librarian." (M.G. L. c. 78, § 24)

(2) Any graduate with an Associate in Arts or Science degree from an institution whose two-year program meets the American Library Association Criteria for Programs to Prepare Library/Media Technical Assistants qualifies immediately for a sub-professional certificate. The transcript of the candidate's record need not be presented, provided a certified statement of completion of the Library Technology program is submitted by the proper authority.

(3) All library personnel performing satisfactorily for six months in the various library tasks relating to the acquisition and circulation of books will be considered eligible for sub-professional certification.

(4) The head librarian or an official representative of the local library employing authority must submit in writing a validation of employment and satisfactory performance for any staff member applying for sub-professional certification.

(5) Provisional sub-professional certificates with a six-month termination date may be issued to persons whose head librarian or local library employing authority files a statement that the position requires:

(a) an elementary knowledge of library techniques, and

(b) the holding of a sub-professional certificate. At the end of the six-month period, and upon receipt by the Board of a validating statement from the head librarian or local employing authority that the staff member has acquired an elementary knowledge of library techniques as further described in 605 CMR 3.06(3) and 3.06(4), the provisional sub-professional certificate may be exchanged for a permanent sub-professional certificate.

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