Are these changes to requirements for public librarian professional certificates essentially requiring a lifetime of “formal” education for public librarians?
No. These changes to CR 90.7 require professional development, but not necessarily in the formal sense of a college or graduate level course. E-courses, webinars, library system workshops, conference programs, and many other, less costly and time-intensive activities are acceptable. These changes are intended to help equip the public librarians of the future with the basic tools and information they need in order to deal with rapidly changing information technologies and environments.
