No you’re grandfathered in.  If you were to leave your position then the Board would have to hire a director with the MLS.<div><br></div><div>Roger </div><div>Roger Mendel </div><div>Director </div><div>Northland Library Cooperative <br><br>On Monday, October 28, 2019, OC Lavonne Marshall via Michlib-l &lt;<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div>Hi Kathy,<br></div><div><br></div><div>My library is currently categorized as a class III library. I think the results of the 2020 census will add enough people to put my library into a a class IV status.  </div><div><br></div><div>I am certified at a level III. My question to you is when will the 2020 census numbers go into effect? FYI, my library&#39;s FY year runs June - July.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Will I need to obtain an MLS degree to remain library director here to qualify for state aid? </div><div><br></div><div>I have a MLS library assistant working here but she is not the director. Would that make my library compliant? Or, does the director have to have a level 2 certification?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>LaVonne Marshall<br>Director<br>Coopersville Area District Library<br>616-837-6809<br><a href="http://coopersvillelibrary.org" target="_blank">coopersvillelibrary.org</a><br><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div>