[Publib] ALA-APA seeks course providers

[Su Epstein]

Hi,

 

Do I understand this correctly that the ALA wants us to PAY them for the
possibility of adding to our work load by teaching a course for them?   Tell
me I've misunderstood something.

 

Su

 

 

Su Epstein, Ph.D.

Library Director

Saxton B. Little Free Library

Columbia, CT 06237

sepstein at columbiactlibrary.org

860.228.0350

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See information below.

 

Michael A. Golrick

 

Head of Reference & Library Consultant

225/342.4917 [Note new phone number]

State Library of Louisiana

P.O. Box 131

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

 

mailto:mgolrick at slol.lib.la.us

http://www.state.lib.la.us/

 

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Contact: Jenifer Grady 

ALA-APA

312-280-2424

jgrady at ala.org 

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
September 28, 2009

ALA-APA Now Accepting Course Proposals for Library Support Staff
Certification Program (LSSC) 

On October 1, 2009, ALA-APA will begin accepting applications from education
providers interested in offering courses for candidates in the Library
Support Staff Certificate 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 ten 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 of 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 ten 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 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. 

 

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