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The LSSC Program is managed by the American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA), a companion association to the American Library Association (ALA). LSSC will provide the following benefits:

To Library Support Staff

• Recognition for learning and competence
• Portability from library to library

To Libraries

• Assurance that an LSS has a specified body of knowledge and skills
• Standardization of expectations for LSS

To the library user

• Library users served by the LSS with enhanced skills & abilities
• LSS more confident in their ability to serve users

Library Support Staff in all libraries agree that:

“National certification is going to make a bigger difference than many folks realize.
This portable standard of excellence will obviously benefit support staff. We are
valuable assets to well-functioning libraries.”

- Linda Pierro, Retired LSS

Candidate application available now!

Instructions on what to do after you have completed the application and how to develop your Candidate Achievement Record (CAR).