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14300 – Library assistants and clerks
Library assistants and clerks issue and receive library materials, sort and shelve books and provide general library information to users. They also perform clerical functions. Library clerks are employed by libraries or other establishments with library services.
Profile
Example titles
- Circulation clerk - library
- Interlibrary loan clerk
- Library assistant
- Library page
- Periodicals clerk
- Reference clerk
- Shelving clerk - library
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Issue and receive library books and other materials
- Sort and reshelve books and other library materials
- Perform clerical activities such as manual and electronic filing and record payments received
- Maintain journal subscriptions
- Assist library users in accessing library materials and online resources, and in making interlibrary loans.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
Additional information
- Progression to more senior positions is possible with experience and post-secondary education related to library science.
Exclusions
- Librarians (51100)
- Library technician (in 52100 Library and public archive technicians)
- Supervisors, library, correspondence and related information workers (12012)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 1 – Business, finance and administration occupations
- TEER
- 4 – Occupations usually require a secondary school diploma; or several weeks of on-the-job training
- Major group
- 14 – Administrative and financial support and supply chain logistics occupations
- Sub-major group
- 143 – Library, correspondence and other clerks
- Minor group
- 1430 – Library, correspondence and other clerks
- Version
- NOC 2021 Version 1.0