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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 716 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2004, chapter 559<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 539<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 296<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75205,"section_number":"42.1-51","catch_line":"Obligations of libraries and systems receiving aid","order_by":null,"url":"\/42.1-51\/"},{"id":72933,"section_number":"42.1-52","catch_line":"Standards of eligibility for aid; reports on operation of libraries; supervision of services","order_by":null,"url":"\/42.1-52\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":78475,"section_number":"42.1-60","catch_line":"State Law Library managed by Supreme Court","order_by":null,"url":"\/42.1-60\/"}],"permalink":{"id":220891,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82314,"identifier":"42.1-15.1","token":"42.1\/1\/2\/42.1-15.1","url":"\/42.1-15.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/42.1-15.1\/","token":"42.1\/1\/2\/42.1-15.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Qualifications required to hold professional librarian position","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 42.1-15.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Public libraries serving a political subdivision or subdivisions having a population greater than 15,000 and libraries operated by the Commonwealth or under its authority shall not employ, in the position of librarian or in any other full-time professional librarian position, a person who does not meet the qualifications established by the State Library Board.\n\t\tA professional librarian position as used in this section is one that requires a knowledge of books and of library technique equivalent to that required for graduation from any accredited library school or one that requires graduation from a school of library science accredited by the American Library Association.\n\t\tNo funds derived from any state aid shall be paid to any person whose employment does not comply with this section.\n\t\tThis section shall not apply to law<\/span> libraries organized pursuant to Chapter 4 (\u00a7 42.1-60<\/a> et seq.), libraries in institutions of higher education, or public school libraries.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nQUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO HOLD PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIAN POSITION (\u00a7 42.1-15.1)\n\nPublic libraries serving a political subdivision or subdivisions having a\npopulation greater than 15,000 and libraries operated by the Commonwealth or\nunder its authority shall not employ, in the position of librarian or in any\nother full-time professional librarian position, a person who does not meet the\nqualifications established by the State Library Board.\n\t\tA professional librarian position as used in this section is one that requires\na knowledge of books and of library technique equivalent to that required for\ngraduation from any accredited library school or one that requires graduation\nfrom a school of library science accredited by the American Library Association.\n\t\tNo funds derived from any state aid shall be paid to any person whose\nemployment does not comply with this section.\n\t\tThis section shall not apply to law libraries organized pursuant to Chapter 4\n(\u00a7 42.1-60 et seq.), libraries in institutions of higher education, or public\nschool libraries.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 716; 2004, c. 559; 2006, c. 539; 2012, c. 296.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}