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Certified Public Library Administrator Program Certification Review Committee
The Certification Review Committee includes active practitioners and library and information studies educators. There is one representative of the public (who may not be a librarian or employed by a library).
Denise Zielinski, Chair, DuPage Library System (IL)
Nancy Pack, Tuscaloosa Public Library (AL)
Amy Paget, Tippecanoe County Public Library (IN)
Eva Poole, Denton Public Library (TX)
Ted Wanner, Texas Library Association
CHARGE
There shall be a standing certification review committee for each proposed certification specialty program, appointed by the ALA-APA Board of Directors, to exist for the life of that program. The purpose of a certification review committee will be to oversee development and administration of a validated method of measuring competence, based on the subject standards for professional practice, licensed from the American Library Association; establishment of an appeals process for the specific program; and, other implementation processes, subject to the approval of the ALA-APA Council. The certification review committee(s) will report to the ALA-APA Board of Directors.
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WHY? Michelle C. is "a graduate of the Illinois State Library's Synergy Leadership Initiative program, where we were taught such things as crisis management, leading through change, and how to create vision statements. I see CPLA as a natural step, continuing from these "soft skills" that could be used to round out my preparation to move up in the library world. The national recognition in the CPLA program is important, of course, but to me the certificate would better prepare me to make a difference in libraries and administration." |
