Applicants must submit an Examination application (Standard State Form 678) and a Supplemental Applications (SA).

Education: Equivalent to graduation from college and completion of one additional year of graduate study in a library school accredited by the American Library Association. Registration as a graduate student in a library school accredited by the American Library Association will admit applicants to the examination, but they must submit evidence of completion before they can be considered eligible for appointment. And Either I Experience: Two years of California state service performing the duties of a Librarian (Correctional Facility) or Librarian. Or II Three years of increasingly responsible and varied professional library experience, including cataloging, reference work, and the selection of library materials. Qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated above include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" I, "or" II, "or" III, etc. For example, candidates who possess qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern I, and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern II, may be admitted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.