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Certification Committees to Meet at Midwinter Meeting

Many of you have heard about and even worked on the development of the Certified Public Library Administrator (CPLA) program, to be launched by the ALA-APA. This is an update on the progress of certification activities. ALA-APA is honored to have distinguished colleagues serving on the inaugural committees.

The Certified Public Library Administrator Program Certification Review Committee (CPLA-CRC) will be meeting for the first time at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. The committee chair of the CPLA-CRC is Eva Poole, Director of the Denton (Tex.) Public Library. The other members are Kenna Forsyth, Amy Kellerstrass, and Linda Mielke.

The ALA-APA Council also approved, at ALA Annual Conference in June 2004, a Certification Program Committee, charged to:

1. encourage and promote development of certification programs;
2. monitor and evaluate the progress of such programs;
3. encourage individuals to seek certification through such programs of the ALA-APA; and
4. make recommendations to the ALA-APA Board of Directors for general improvements to ALA-APA certification, based on evaluations and trends in certification practice. The committee shall consist of 5 individuals, including the chair.

The chair of this committee is Barbara Stripling. The other members are Ismail Abdullahi, Nancy Bolt, Donald Sager, and Mary Moore.

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