When: Jan 26 – April 19, 2026 (12 weeks)
Where: Online & Asynchronous
Cost: $470 (Register 2 weeks early for 10% off)
CE Credit: 3.5 CEUs/35 LEUs
Program #: 1013
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Questions? Email the CE Team
What people are saying…
Extremely informative and well put together- every bit of it was valuable information. This was information that I’ll probably use to some degree or another every day for the rest of my career.
The course was a great overview of key aspects to being a new library director.
A public library director needs to possess a wide range of skills to be successful. This course is intended to introduce new and future directors to the basics of public library administration. The emphasis will be on the reality of day to day operations, challenges, and opportunities to provide excellent service to your community.
This course is a requirement for the Wisconsin Public Library Director Certification. Wisconsin library directors taking this class are eligible to apply for a certification course scholarship.
Topics
- History and mission of public library
- Roles of professional organizations, library systems, and networks
- Working with elected and municipal officials
- Responsibilities of the director, staff, and trustees, including open meeting laws and by-laws
- Intellectual freedom and confidentiality
- Financial Management 1: introduction to budgeting
- Financial Management 2: developing and implementing a budget, reports and record keeping
- Financial Management 3: budget presentations, fundraising, and grant writing
- Library Services: customer service, programming, organization and selection of materials, reference
- Interlibrary loan, delivery, shared systems, digital resources
This course is offered twice a year starting in January and in September.
Instructor
Jen Puccini is the Library Director at the Oconomowoc Public Library in Oconomowoc, WI. She has worked in libraries for 14 years and absolutely loves it. Prior to working in libraries, Jen was an educator for Milwaukee Public Schools. She loves combining her teaching skills with her library skills and teaching courses. When she isn’t working she loves the outdoors, exercising, reading, and spending time with family, especially with her husband Renato and daughters Gabriella and Lillyanna and are two small pups Cupcake and Coco.