Abstract:
On 21 September 2004 in Byelorussia (Minsk) in the international scientific conference
„The activity problems of scientific libraries: the traditions and development perspectives“ the report
„The certification – one of means of workers’ stimulation“ has been presented. The goal of this
report was to continue the research concerning the questions of librarians’ certification, to examine
more extensively and evaluate the necessity of librarians’ certification in Lithuania comparing with
the experience of teachers or medical workers and referring to it. After performing the examination
and analysis the teachers’ and medical workers’ experience in the sphere of certification there has
been stated that the goal of certification is not considered as means of control, but the stimulation to
improve as well as the verification of a worker’s suitability to his or her position.
The experience of teachers and medical workers showed that the cause of the problems
is not certification itself, but the disorder in organizing it. Nevertheless, there cannot be stated that
the certification would help to evaluate the librarian’s work objectively – this is the question without
exact answer. This experiment revealed that the certification is needed, but most people would not
like the certification to be obligatory. The general opinion is following: the certified worker would
have to receive the higher salary.
