[ILL-L] ALA-APA now accepting course proposals for Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSC)

[Paul B. Drake]

I saw the posting below in the latest American Libraries Direct.
Has anyone considered submitting a course on ILL/DD?


Paul B. Drake, User Services & Document Delivery Librarian
University of Guam/Unibetsedat Guahan
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Library
Tan Siu Lin Building
UOG Station
Mangilao, Guam 96923-0117 USA
Tel: (671) 735-2345; Fax: (671) 734-6882
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pdrake at uguam.uog.edu





NEWS
For Immediate Release
September 28, 2009

ALA-APA now accepting course proposals for Library Support Staff
Certification Program (LSSC)
On Oct. 1, 2009, ALA-APA will begin accepting applications from education
providers interested in offering courses for candidates in the Library
Support Staff Certification Program, (LSSC). The LSSC is the first
national, voluntary certification program for library support staff.
Course providers may be organizations or individuals with the expertise,
training and resources to offer courses online or face-to-face. The 10
competency sets for which courses are needed are in the areas of
foundations of library services, technology, communication and teamwork,
access services, adult readers advisory, cataloging and classification,
collection management, reference, supervision and management and youth
services.

Potential providers complete an application,
http://ala-apa.org/lsscp/courseapprovalapplication.doc, and submit a
course syllabus, a description of the course’s teaching methods and
assessment plan and the instructor’s resume. The course must cover all the
competencies in a competency set. The fee to be considered for approval is
$100 each for the first and second courses submitted and $50 per class for
each additional course.

Candidates will have at least a high school diploma or equivalent and have
worked in a public or academic library for at least one year. Candidates
have the option of completing approved courses or submitting online
portfolios that demonstrate their achievement in six of 10 competency
sets.

The application will be evaluated by a committee of American Library
Association member volunteers using a rubric,
http://ala-apa.org/lsscp/courseevalrubric.doc. Reviews will be held
periodically throughout the year and ALA-APA will notify applicants of
their status. Approved courses will be publicized and available to all
LSSC candidates. Courses that are approved will maintain that status,
barring major changes, for four years.

Funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the
LSSC Program is in a testing phase in five library organizations across
the United States. The program will begin accepting candidates in January
2010. Based on survey information and other expressions of interest,
project staff estimates that at least 300 library support staff members
will participate in the LSSC program in the next three years.

The LSSC Program was approved by the American Library Association to be an
official certification of ALA in July 2009. More information about the
LSSCP is available online at http://www.ala-apa.org/lsscp. Please direct
questions to Jenifer Grady at jgrady at ala.org or (312)280-2424. The program
will be managed by the American Library Association-Allied Professional
Association.

ALA-APA: the Organization for the Advancement of Library Employees is a
service organization to the American Library Association and has as one of
its missions supporting salary improvement initiatives for library
workers.