42.1-15.1 - Qualifications required to hold professional librarian position. - Virginia Statutes

§ 42.1-15.1. Qualifications required to hold professional librarian position.

Public libraries serving a political subdivision or subdivisions having apopulation greater than 13,000 and libraries operated by the Commonwealth orunder its authority, shall not employ, in the position of librarian or in anyother full-time professional librarian position, a person who does not meetthe qualifications established by the State Library Board.

A professional librarian position as used in this section is one thatrequires a knowledge of books and of library technique equivalent to thatrequired for graduation from any accredited library school or one thatrequires graduation from a school of library science accredited by theAmerican Library Association.

No funds derived from any state aid shall be paid to any person whoseemployment does not comply with this section.

This section shall not apply to law libraries organized pursuant to Chapter 4(§ 42.1-60 et seq.) of this title, libraries in colleges and universities orto public school libraries.

(1988, c. 716; 2004, c. 559; 2006, c. 539.)