Library Careers General Information

Job Boards

Partnership Job Board: https://partnershipjobs.ca/jobs

BU Postings for Student Assistants or Research Assistants will be posted here, when open: https://www.brandonu.ca/jobs/

Professional Associations (open to both Librarians and Library Technicians) Librarianship.ca List of Associations: https://librarianship.ca/resources/associations/ Manitoba Library Association: https://mla.mb.ca/

Manitoba School Library Association: https://www.manitobaschoollibraries.ca/ Canadian Federation of Library Associations: https://cfla-fcab.ca/en/home-page/

American Library Association (our accrediting body): https://www.ala.org/ International Federation of Library Associations: https://www.ifla.org/

Competencies/Ethics: Competencies for Information Professionals: https://librarianship.ca/resources/competencies/

IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarian and other Information Workers: https://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-code-of-ethics-for-librarians-and-other-information-workers-full-version/

CFLA-FCAB Code of Ethics: https://cfla-fcab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Code-of-ethics.pdf

Library Technician Role

About the Library Technician role

CFLA Guidelines for the Education of Library Technicians: https://cfla-fcab.ca/en/guidelines-and-position-papers/guidelines-for-the-education-of-library-technicians/

Additional Professional Associations

*Note that most associations aren’t restricted to the Library Technician role* Manitoba Library Association – Library Technicians Division: https://mla.mb.ca/about/divisions/library-technicians-division/#:~:text=The%20Library%20Technicians%20Division%20(formerly,library%20community%20as%20a%20whole.

Education

High school diploma and Library Technician Diploma (generally a 2 year community college program) are required.

Library Technician Programs in Canada: https://oaltabo.on.ca/resources/library-tech-programs/

Librarian Role

About Librarianship

ALA Library Careers: https://www.ala.org/educationcareers/node/214/

UBC Indigenous Librarianship: https://guides.library.ubc.ca/Indiglibrarianship

Additional Professional Associations

*Note that most associations aren’t restricted to the Librarian role* Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians: https://capalibrarians.org/

Education

4-year honours undergraduate degree (any discipline) and a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree (or its equivalent, such as the Master of Library Studies (MLS) or Master of Information Studies (MISt or MI))

Master of Library and Information Science programs in Canada:

Dalhousie University, Department of Information Science: https://www.dal.ca/academics/programs/graduate/mi.html

McGill University, School of Information Studies: https://www.mcgill.ca/sis/programs/mist

Université de Montréal, École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information: https://ebsi.umontreal.ca/programmes-cours/cycles-superieurs/maitrise-en-sciences-information/

University of Alberta, School of Library and Information Studies: https://www.ualberta.ca/school-of-library-and-information-studies/programs/mlis/index.html

University of British Columbia, School of Information: https://ischool.ubc.ca/graduate/masters-programs/master-of-library-and-information-studies/

First Nations Curriculum Concentration: https://ischool.ubc.ca/graduate/areas-of-focus/first-nations-curriculum-concentration/

University of Ottawa, School of Information Studies: https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-information-studies-bilingual/

University of Toronto, Faculty of Information: https://ischool.utoronto.ca/current-students/programs-courses/programs-of-study/master-of-information/

Western University, Faculty of Information & Media Studies: https://www.fims.uwo.ca/programs/graduate_programs/master_of_library_and_information_science/index.html

Archives Careers General Information

About Archives and the Archivist role

ACA What are Archives?: https://archivists.ca/What-Are-Archives

Society of American Archivists, So You Want to Be An Archivist: https://www2.archivists.org/careers/beanarchivist

Job Boards

ACA Job Opportunities: https://archivists.ca/Job-Opportunities

Partnership Job Board: https://partnershipjobs.ca/jobs

BU Postings for Student Assistants or Research Assistants will be posted here, when open: https://www.brandonu.ca/jobs/

Professional Associations Association for Manitoba Archives: https://mbarchives.ca/

Association of Canadian Archivists: https://archivists.ca/

ACA Indigenous Matters Working Group: https://archivists.ca/Indigenous-Matters-Working-Group

ACA Truth And Reconciliation Framework: https://archivists.ca/Truth-and-Reconciliation

Competencies/Ethics

ACA Code of Ethics: https://archivists.ca/resources/Documents/Governance%20and%20Structure/20171018_aca_code_of_ethics_final.pdf

SAA Core Values Statement and Code of Ethics: https://www2.archivists.org/statements/saa-core-values-statement-and-code-of-ethics

Education

4-year honours undergraduate degree (any discipline, but History is beneficial) and a Master of Archival Studies or archives specialization within an MLIS (Master of Library and Information Science) or MI (Master of Information) degree.

Master of Archival Studies (or equivalent) Programs in Canada: https://archivists.ca/Archival-Education-Programs