Through this program, the State Library will provide financial assistance for library staff and public library trustee participation in continuing education and training opportunities when local funds cannot finance the entire cost.
Training provided by commercial, for-profit vendors is generally ineligible .
Academic course work toward an undergraduate or graduate degree, on or off campus, is not eligible . The CE activity must be either in-state or offered in the 48 contiguous states of the United States. Eligible participants are staff members and trustees of public libraries certified to receive State Aid. Other eligible participants are school libraries, academic libraries, special libraries, or library consortia as defined in the Missouri Five Year Plan for the Use of LSTA Funds . The prospective CE participant must be accorded release time by the library or administrative unit without loss of salary or personal leave time.