MCLS library staff development certificates

The MCLS Certificates of Library Staff Development provide you with an opportunity to:

• Improve your knowledge and skills
• Learn new technologies
• Demonstrate your overall competence in the library field

You can work toward earning Certificates of Library Staff Development in Basic Cataloging, Advanced Cataloging, or Basic Essential Workplace Skills (previously Soft Skills). Each Certificate you achieve will demonstrate that you have attended MCLS workshops to expand your current skill set and develop a comprehensive knowledge of the subject. The MCLS Certificates of Library Staff Development are important credentials to assist you in promotions or job changes in the library field. Enhance your resume today with an MCLS Certificate of Library Staff Development.

Basic cataloging certificate

Requirements

MARC: An Introduction, and four other MCLS workshops or special programs from the Cataloging category (see list below). Workshops or special programs must be taken within a three-year period.

Advanced cataloging certificate

Requirements

Basic Cataloging Certificate, plus four additional MCLS workshops or special programs (for a total of nine workshops or special programs) from the Cataloging category. The four additional workshops or special programs must be taken within a three-year period.

Basic essential workplace skills certificate

Requirements

Five MCLS workshops from the Essential Workplace Skills category. Previous Soft Skills courses, which have the same content as the Essential Workplace Skills courses, qualify toward the Certificate as long as there are 5 unique topics between the 2 formats. Workshops must be taken within a three-year period.

Applying for your certificate

After you have successfully completed the requirements for your certificate, please fill out either the MCLS Certificate of Library Development in Cataloging Application Form or the MCLS Certificate of Library Development in Essential Workplace Skills Application Form . Please contact the training department at training@mcls.org if you have questions about completing the form or eligibility for certification.

Current MCLS cataloging workshops

• Advanced MeLCat Cataloging
• Advanced Serials Cataloging
• Assigning Library of Congress Call Numbers: Basic
• Assigning Library of Congress Call Numbers: Intermediate
• Assigning Library of Congress Call Numbers: Advanced
• Assigning Library of Congress Subject Headings
• Authorities
• Basics of RDA Conceptual Models
• BIBFRAME Applications
• Cataloging Children's Materials
• Cataloging Graphic Novels and Formats
• Cataloging Local Government Documents
• Cataloging OER and Online Resources
• Cataloging Related Works and Expressions
• Cataloging with Variant Titles
• Copy Cataloging of Audio and Video Materials Using RDA
• Copy Descriptive Cataloging of Monographs Using RDA
• Electronic Serials Cataloging
• Integrating Resources Cataloging
• Introduction to BIBFRAME
• Just Enough to be Dangerous: Cataloging for Non-Catalogers
• MARC: An Introduction
• MeLCat Cataloging
• The Mystery of MARC Fixed Fields Solved
• Object Cataloging for a Library of Things
• Original Cataloging of Archival Materials Using RDA
• Original Cataloging of Audio Materials Using RDA
• Original Cataloging of Video Materials Using RDA
• Original Descriptive Cataloging of Monographs Using RDA
• Rare Book Cataloging: An Introduction
• Serials Cataloging

Cataloging workshops no longer offered by MCLS , but which count toward your certificate if you took them at MCLS in the past three years.

Current essential workplace skills tutorials

• Essential Workplace Skills: Introduction to Accountability at Work
• Essential Workplace Skills: Introduction to Critical Thinking Skills
• Essential Workplace Skills: Introduction to Emotional Intelligence
• Essential Workplace Skills: Introduction to Resilience in the Workplace
• Essential Workplace Skills: Introduction to Thriving in the Midst of Change
• Essential Workplace Skills: Introduction to Workplace Etiquette
• Essential Workplace Skills: Introduction to Writing Skills for Librarians

Note: Past Soft Skills courses count toward the Basic essential workplace skills certificate if taken within the past 3 years.

For currently scheduled workshops, visit the MCLS Store.