Course Information and Navigation

Participants will 

• Learn about basic principles of local government accounting in Montana
• Learn about the role of local government officials versus the library board authority when it comes to library funds 
• Learn about financial reports, revenue sources, and key expenditures found in libraries
• Learn about best practices for building a library budget

Estimated course length: 1-hour

Continuing Education Units: 1 credit in Library Administration

Course Open Date: August 1, 2023 - minor updates and new resource links added September 2024.

• The continuing education certificate is embedded in the last section of the course. It will unlock when you have finished the course.
• Please download and save/print the certificate when you complete the course.
• A badge will automatically be awarded and added to your MSL Learn profile.
• Claim MSL Continuing Education credits by logging in to ASPeN and using the Continuing Education Control Panel. Select the course from the dropdown list of Independent Learning events, click Go!, and the credit will be saved to your certification record. 
• Courses are listed by open date and then title of the course.
  
  
  
  

Content Support

Reach out to the MSL Consulting team for questions about the content of this course or for direct support for your library.

Tracy Cook, Lead Consulting Librarian