Library Assistants and Clerks
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Job description
These individuals receive, sort, and store documents and books in a library. They provide information to library users and perform clerical duties.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Receive and circulate library materials and books.
- Sort and arrange documents and books on the shelves.
- Organize files.
- Produce the statement of payments received.
- Renew periodical subscriptions.
- Assist library users to access online materials and services as well as make interlibrary loans.
Advancement and mobility
- Post-secondary education and experience in library science leads to senior positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $19.28
- Median
- $24.00
- Maximum
- $30.80
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
2,500
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 76.9% Female
- 23.1% Male
Not available.
- 76.9% Female
- 23.1% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$44,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 5199% of jobs
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NAICS 811% of jobs
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NAICS 610% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 450% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 450% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 5199% of jobs
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NAICS 811% of jobs
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NAICS 610% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 450% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 450% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Sometimes required
- A secondary school education is usually required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Service oriented
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Coordination
- Written expression
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Oral comprehension
- Information organization
- Near vision
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
- Selective attention
- Classification
- Written expression
- Perception speed
Knowledge and attributes
- Diplomacy
- Knowledge of the French language
- Autonomy
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Rigour
- Sense of initiative
- Friendliness
- Knowledge of office work
- Patience
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work in the arts, culture, music, or leisure
- Work in an office
- Work in computer science or information and communication technologies (ICT)
- Assist and advise
- Collect, verify, sort, and classify data or information
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Artistic
- People with this profile prefer to express their emotions and thoughts through various art forms. They like to use their imagination.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Official name of the NOC 14300
Library assistants and clerks
Job titles
- Library assistant
- Library clerk
- Circulation clerk - library
- Library aide
- Library filer
- Reference aide - library
- Record library assistant
- Music library assistant
- Reference assistant - library
- Circulation assistant
- On call library assistant
- Photograph filer - library
- Reference clerk
- Shelving clerk - library
- Periodicals clerk
- Interlibrary loan clerk
- Book returns clerk - library
- Bookmobile clerk
- Art department library clerk
- Braille and talking books library clerk
- Vault clerk - film library
- Films and recordings library clerk
- Recordings library clerk
- Branch library clerk
- Technical services clerk - library
Skill type
Business, finance and administration
Last update: January 29, 2026
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