Questions about certification?

Look here http://www.maine.gov/education/forms/fingerprint/letter_2.htm for information about the different Ed. Tech levels of authorization.

All school employees in Maine must be fingerprinted.  Check here https://www10.informe.org/cgi-bin/dps/fingerprint/details.pl for more details and to register.

Want to advance professionally?

. . . Undergraduate

The University of Maine at Augusta http://www.uma.edu/lisdegreeprogram.html offers both an Associate’s degree and a Bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Science.  Most classes are available online.

. . . Graduate
. . . (to become a certified Library Media Specialist in Maine requires a Master’s degree)

The American Library Association http://www.ala.org/ala/accreditation/lisdirb/lisdirectory.htm has information on several accredited Master’s degree programs.

Just looking for Professional Development?

Maine has recently joined Webjunction http://me.webjunction.org/do/Home which offers many library learning opportunities online.

The annual Reading Round-Up conference http://www.maine.gov/msl/libs/districts/reading.htm provides excellent opportunities as well.

MASL and the Maine Library Association provide a joint library conference http://www.mainelibraries.info/ every fall.

Need more information?

Check out these other Library Organizations

Maine Library Association http://www.mainelibraries.org/

New England Library Association http://www.nelib.org/

New England Educational Media Association http://www.neema.org/

American Library Association http://www.ala.org/

American Association of School Libraries http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslindex.cfm

Check out these educational organizations

Maine Education Association http://www.maine.nea.org

National Education Association http://www.nea.org/index.html

Other resources