Meeting Agenda

• Introductions and welcome
• Purpose of the meeting
  • to gather feedback about changes, answer questions, and capture any ideas or suggestions from the library community.
• Brief description of the changes with a walk through the documents and how they relate to one another.
  • Review adopted rule changes
  • DRAFT Policy – guiding document
  • DRAFT Course of Study – reviewed annually. Covers what competencies are important and any required courses.
  • Draft Course Catalog – reviewed annually but able to be updated  regularly through a pre-approval process.
• Discussion - attendees and subcommittee members
  • Any questions about the proposed changes, documents, or process?
  • Any feedback about the proposed changes, documents, or process?
  • Any suggestions or things you would like us to consider?
• Next steps
  • Committee will hold another drop-in session February 4 at 3pm.
  • Committee will review all feedback from forms and sessions and will discuss whether to make changes. Committee will give a report at the February 11, 2026 Commission meeting. 

Please review each of the resources for this session and submit feedback on each of the drafts.Then bring your questions and ideas to discuss upcoming policy changes for the Montana State Library Certification Program to the Drop In Session. 

Discussion Drafts

• 2026 Certification Policy Draft - For Discussion
• 2026 Certification Course of Study Draft for Discussion
• 2026 Certification Catalog Draft for Discussion
• 2026 Certification Preliminary FAQ

Feedback Forms

• 2026 Certification Policy Draft
• 2026 Certification Course of Study Draft
• 2026 Certification Catalog Draft
• 2026 Certification Preliminary FAQ Draft

Commission Subcommittee Members.

• Carmen Cuthbertson
• McKenna Gregg
• Tammy Hall

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