House of Representative lawmakers have backed a bill to change qualification requirements for the top position at the local library.<\/p>\n
In a standing committee report last month, the House judiciary and governmental operations committee recommends that the full house pass House Bill 19-134 in its current form. <\/p>\n
Among others, the bill crosses out \u201cadministrative librarian\u201d from Commonwealth code and replaces that with \u201cexecutive director.\u201d<\/p>\n
For this executive director\u2019s required education or experience, the House bill keeps a requirement to have the director hold a master\u2019s degree or equivalent in library science, but adds, \u201cor 15 years of professional library leadership experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
In their report findings, the committee acknowledged the standing requirements for a masters degree.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, your committee finds that currently there is a shortage in the CNMI of skilled and educated professionals who hold a Masters degree in Library Science or equivalent degree from a professionally accredited institution of higher learning and at the same time have had minimum of five years of experience as a professional librarian,\u201d the lawmakers said.<\/p>\n
The bill is authored by Rep. George N. Camacho (R-Saipan).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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