Occupational Profiles

This group performs some or all of the following duties:
 

Library technicians

• Assist library users in accessing books, films, photographs, maps, documents, electronic materials and other library materials
• Catalogue new library acquisitions under the direction of a librarian
• Perform manual and on-line reference searches and make interlibrary loans for users
• Assist librarians in giving tours and providing children's and other specialized library programs.

Public archive technicians

• Assist in developing inventories, forms and finding aids
• Implement and update classification plans and records scheduling and disposal plans
• Apply standards and policies for storage of records and archival materials
• Codify and classify archival materials
• Put archival materials on microfilm or in databases
• Transfer materials from current to semi-current status or put into permanent storage
• Purge, sort, reduce and sample archives
• Research and retrieve archival materials
• Participate in instructing and assisting users
• Ensure that proper procedures are followed in the use of computerized document management systems.

• Library technicians usually require completion of a two- to three-year college program in library and information technology.
• Public archive technicians require completion of a college diploma or certificate program in archive and document management technology.