Competencies for Librarians Serving Children in Libraries
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Download a PDF Version of the 2020 Competencies Here - (a professionally-designed PDF available to ALSC members as a benefit of their membership)
View a at the Leadership and ALSC meeting during 2016 ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ Midwinter
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Librarians are vital to all children, caregivers, and the communities that support them. The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ (¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ), believes that all children and their caregivers need and deserve the very best opportunities, which is why ALSC members are leaders in the field of children's library service, particularly in areas of access, advocacy, outreach, inclusion, diversity, family literacy, and lifelong learning.
To achieve this excellence, ALSC recommends the following competencies to all children’s librarians and other library staff whose primary duties include delivering library service to and advocating library service for children ages 0 to 14 and their caregivers. ALSC strongly recommends a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from an ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ-accredited graduate school as the appropriate professional degree for the librarian serving children in the library, and, because children deserve the highest-quality service, ALSC expects the same standards to guide service provided by paraprofessional staff; these staff should be supported in their professional development required to provide this work and be compensated in parity.
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