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1451 – Library Clerks
Library 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
Index of titles Example job titles
- Art department library clerk
- Book returns clerk - library
- Bookmobile clerk
- Braille and talking books library clerk
- Branch library clerk
- Circulation clerk - library
- Clerk, library
- Filer, photographs - library
- Films and recordings library clerk
- Interlibrary loan clerk
- Library clerk
- Library filer
- Library page
- Page, library
- Periodicals clerk
- Periodicals clerk - library
- Photograph filer - library
- Recordings library clerk
- Reference clerk
- Reference clerk - library
- Shelving clerk - library
- Technical services clerk - library
- Vault clerk - film library
- Circulation clerk - library
- Interlibrary loan clerk
- Library clerk
- Library page
- Periodicals clerk
- Reference clerk
- Shelving clerk - library
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Library clerks perform some or all of the following duties:
- Issue and receive library books and other materials
- Reshelve books and other library materials
- Perform clerical activities such as manual and electronic filing, word processing and occasional typing
- Maintain journal subscriptions
- Assist library users in accessing basic library materials and 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 (5111)
- Library technicians (in 5211 Library and Archive Technicians and Assistants)
- Supervisors, Library, Correspondence and Related Information Clerks (1213)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 1 – Business, Finance and Administration Occupations
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 14 – Clerical Occupations
- Minor group
- 145 – Library, Correspondence and Related Information Clerks
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