Voluntary Public Librarian Certification Program

To meet the needs of Maine’s library staff for ongoing training so they may provide dynamic, professional library service, the Maine State Library is restructuring its voluntary certification program comprised of online courses and archived webinars. Workshops, conferences and special institutes can also be counted towards electives at the Intermediate and Advanced levels of the program.

Library directors and personnel who do not have formal training in library science should start with our Basic Certification which includes coursework in the fundamentals of librarianship. All the courses fit into the American Library Association (ALA) Core Competencies and the 21st Century Skills matrices. You must create a free account with Webjunction to take the Basic Certification courses.

Intermediate and Advanced Certification build on the work done at the basic level and allow the librarian to explore these topic areas in more depth. Once a certification level is achieved, we encourage the librarian either to continue to the next level of certification or to complete four (or approximately four hours of) elective courses to recertify at their current level. School Library Media Specialists and Ed Techs can use these courses toward recertification.

If you have any questions, please contact Jared Leadbetter via the Contact Us page.