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"(2) Grant librarians' certificates without examination to applicants who are graduates of library schools programs accredited or otherwise officially recognized by the American library association for general library training, and grant certificates to other
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 14, 2024 12:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <librarydir@lists.ctc.edu><br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Aptos; color:black">“No library serving a community having over four thousand population, nor any library operated by the state or under its authority, may have in its employ, in the position
of librarian or in any other full-time professional library position, a person who does not hold a librarian's certificate issued by the state librarian or its predecessor.”
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=27.04.055">https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=27.04.055</a>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Morgan, Heather via LIBRARYDIR<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 14, 2024 12:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <librarydir@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Morgan, Heather <Heather.Morgan@sfcc.spokane.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Librarian Certification</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Not that I am aware of for Spokane Falls Community College.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><i>heather</i></p>
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<b>Cc:</b> Amy Tureen <<a href="mailto:atureen@spscc.edu">atureen@spscc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Librarian Certification</p>
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</span></i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:#121212; background:white">2011 Mottman Rd. SW | Olympia, WA 98512</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Aptos; color:black">Do any of your libraries require the state librarian certificate for employment as library faculty? This question just recently came up from a faculty member. When I was
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