Staff members are encouraged and allowed paid time off to attend workshops, professional meetings, and other continuing education activities both in and out of state at a minimum of three days annually. Staff are encouraged to visit other libraries. In-house staff development opportunities are offered on a regular basis. The library pays dues for staff members to join professional associations. The library purchases professional library materials such as Booklist for use by library staff, volunteers and trustees.
Staff receives regular training in customer service.
The program of voluntary certification is intended to provide library trustees, library personnel and municipal officials with a means to improve library service to their communities, and to aid and encourage individuals who do not hold a Master s Degree in Library Science to increase their professional qualifications and to afford themselves opportunity for greater remuneration. Applicants shall be current members of the Maine Library Association. Job descriptions Salary schedules Organization chart Pay periods c. Employee Assistance Programs Worker s Compensation Credit Union d. As members of the American Library Association, we recognize the importance of codifying and making known to the profession and to the general public the ethical principles that guide the work of librarians, other professionals providing information services, library trustees and library staffs.