• Certification Levels Effective October 1, 2009
Level 1 certification qualifications:
(a) A master's degree or its equivalent from a library school accredited by the American library association.
(b) Four years of full-time employment, or an equivalent time period, consisting of paid professional library work experience in a library approved by the department following the completion of educational requirements.
Level 2 certification qualifications:
A master's degree or its equivalent from a library school accredited by the American library association.
Level 3 certification qualifications:
(a) A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
(b) Completion of the beginning workshop offered by the library of Michigan.
Level 4 certification qualifications:
(a) A high school diploma or its equivalent.
(b) Completion of the beginning workshop offered by the library of Michigan.
(c) One year of full-time employment or its equivalent consisting of library work experience following the completion of educational requirements.

• State Aid Guidelines for Michigan Libraries effective Oct 1, 2009 
The new rules also address changes in public librarian certification. New application forms are being developed during the Library of Michigan's transition phase. Forms will be available on the web.

• What is a CEU - Continuing Education Unit?
The Continuing Education Unit, or CEU, is a standard unit of measure for quantifying continuing adult education and training activities. The CEU is in the public domain and may be offered by any organization. One CEU equals 10 contact hours of participation in an organized education/training experience under responsible, qualified direction and instruction. The Library of Michigan awards CEUs in one hour increments (.1 CEU). The Library of Michigan awards CEUs to sponsoring organizations for educational activities and may pre-approve CEUs for individuals involved in non-CEU granting educational activities.

• Statewide Library CEU Program Application 
Application for CEUs for organizations sponsoring educational activities for library staff.

• Continuing Education Contact Hour Pre-Approval Form for Library Staff 
Application for pre-approval of CEUs for non-CEU granting classes or workshops.

• Please Note
Most of the courses listed here are approved for CEU credit by the Library of Michigan. Not all are free. Please check the Pre-Approved CEU Class List to confirm the CEUs accepted and documentation requirements.

• Arizona State Library - Collection Development Training
Collection Development Training (CDT) provides practical training in how to perform collection development activities in public libraries.

• Center for Intellectual Property - Copyright Primer
The Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland, University College Copyright Primer

• Idaho Commission for Libraries - Able Program
The Alternative Basic Library Education (ABLE) Program is designed to help library staff members who have no formal education in library science to acquire the basic knowledge and skills needed to operate or work in a library through general classes.

• Idaho Commission for Libraries - Sable Program
The Supplemental Alternative Basic Library Education (SABLE) Program is designed to help library staff members who have no formal education in library science to acquire the basic knowledge and skills needed to operate or work in a library through more specific classes.

• Indiana University School of Information and Library Science
Shaping Outcomes course from the Indiana University library school. It is an instructor moderated outcome-based evaluation course. The course is tuition based and runs every four to six weeks.

• Michigan Library Consortium - Online Training Center
Offers various MeL database courses. Select classes with the location Online Workshop.

• Ohio Library Council - Marketing the Library
Staff training program for public library marketing. Six self-paced modules with examples, exercises, quizzes and links.

• Ohio Library Council - ORE Ohio Reference Excellence
Staff training program for public library reference services. Six self-paced modules with examples, exercises, quizzes and links.

• Online Programming for All Libraries (OPAL)
OPAL is a collaborative effort by libraries of all types to provide cooperative web-based library programming and training. These live events are held in an virtual auditorium where participants can interact via voice-over-IP, text chatting, and synchronized browsing.

• UW-Madison School of Library & Information Studies - Online Continuing Education Courses
Each academic term, the UW-Madison SLIS is offering a selection of moderated online courses for a fee on library continuing education topics.

• UW-Madison School of Library & Information Studies - Education2Go Online Skills Courses
UW-Madison SLIS offers a selection of online courses for a fee on computer programs and applications (and a few non-technical topics!). While these courses are not library topics, they are useful to anyone who needs to develop these skills.

• Michigan Association for Media in Education

• Michigan eLibrary (MeL) Training

• Michigan Library Association

• Michigan Library Consortium

• Mideastern Michigan Library Cooperative

• Mid-Michigan Library League

• Northland Library Cooperative

• Suburban Library Cooperative

• Superiorland Library Cooperative

• The Library Network

• White Pine Library Cooperative

• Woodlands Library Cooperative

• ALA Directory of Accredited LIS Master's Programs

• American Library Association - Events and Conferences

• American Library Association Continuing Education Information

• Public Library Association Continuing Education Information

• Special Library Association Calendar of Events