Library Technician (Two-Year Ontario College Diploma)
Description
Libraries are constantly evolving in their delivery and management of information. Library and Information Technicians have the knowledge and practical skills needed to perform in today’s evolving library environment. Combining theory and hands-on practice, students will learn to acquire, organize, produce, retrieve and disseminate information in print and electronic formats. Led by experienced librarians, this program will help prepare you for employment in academic, public, school and special libraries and other information service settings. Through a carefully-designed program of study that combines theory and hands-on field placement, you will learn to acquire, organize, produce, retrieve and disseminate information in print and electronic formats.
Admission Requirements
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- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) including OR Mature Student Status and
- Grade 12 English (C or U)
- Grade 11 Math (C,M or U)
Are you missing admission requirements? We are here to help.
Durham College (DC) offers academic upgrading courses FREE of charge (to qualified students) and designed to help you meet the admissions requirements for this program. Available to individuals 18+, these courses are available both on-campus at DC through our Academic Upgrading team and also online via the Professional and Part-Time Learning (PPL) department. Course offered include:
Durham College (DC) offers academic upgrading courses FREE of charge (to qualified students) and designed to help you meet the admissions requirements for this program. Available to individuals 18+, these courses are available both on-campus at DC through our Academic Upgrading team and also online via the Professional and Part-Time Learning (PPL) department. Course offered include:
- Communications
- Mathematics
- Biology
- Chemistry
Program Of Study
Required Courses (suggested sequence of study)
LIBR 1080 Libraries Introduction
LIBR 1081 Information Technology for Library Technicians
LIBR 1087 Human Relations and Supervision
LIBR 2080 Circulation and Inter-Library Loan
LIBR 1181 Indigenous Perspectives for Library and Information Technicians
LIBR 1085 Electronic Publishing and Emerging Technologies
COMM 1081 Intercultural Communications
LIBR 2081 Database Design for Information Workers
LIBR 2086 Online Searching
LIBR 3085 Library Programming, Marketing and Advocacy
LIBR 2082 Resource Description and Access I
LIBR 2087 Library Financial Management and Budgeting
LIBR 4082 Library Classification
LIBR 3082 Resource Description and Access II
LIBR 3086 Reference Processes
LIBR 3088 Practical Approaches to Library Interactions
LIBR 3083 Acquisitions
LIBR 3084 Serials
LIBR 5089 Library Technician Field Placement I
LIBR 5082 Indexing and Subject Analysis
LIBR 4086 Reference Services and Sources
LIBR 6089 Library Technician Field Placement II
General Education Elective Courses 3 required
Plus four of the following courses (choose 4)
LIBR 1083 Archives
LIBR 1082 Children's Services and Issues
LIBR 1086 Genre Fiction and Readers' Advisory Service
LIBR 3080 Health Libraries and Resources
LIBR 1088 Law Libraries and Legal Research
LIBR 4084 Multimedia
RIM 1080 Records and Information Management Fundamentals
LIBR 1089 School Libraries
LIBR 1180 Special Libraries
LIBR 1183 Strategies for Instruction for Library Technicians
LIBR 1182 Youth Services and Issues
*Courses without a pre-requisite(s) can be taken at anytime during your Program of Study
Note: Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.
Related Courses
- Intercultural Communication
- Libraries Introduction
- Information Technology for Library Technicians
- Electronic Publishing and Emerging Technologies
- Human Relations & Supervision
- Circulation and Inter-Library Loan
- Database Design for Information Workers
- Resource Description & Access I
- Online Searching
- Acquisitions
- Serials
- Library Programming, Marketing and Advocacy
- Reference Processes
- Library Classification
- Reference Services and Sources
- Indexing & Subject Analysis
- Library Technician Field Work I
- Library Technician Field Work II
- Children's Literature Introduction
- Library Financial Management & Budgeting
- Children's Services & Issues
- Archives
- Genre Fiction & Readers' Advisory Service
- Special Libraries
- Indigenous Perspectives for Library and Information Technicians
- Strategies for Instruction for Library Technicians
- Resource Description and Access II
Overview
- Institution: Durham College
- Program type: Diploma
- Language: English
- Program Code: LBTN
- Delivery Method: Fully Online/Distance
Disclaimer:
Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.
Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.