Librarians
Job description
These individuals select, enrich, organize, and preserve a library’s collections. They may also advise clients.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Recommend the acquisition of print, audio-visual, digital, and interactive materials.
- Select, file, catalogue, and purge library materials.
- Prepare tools (bibliographies, recommendation lists, guides, etc.) to facilitate research.
- Develop systems of access to library collections.
- Research references for clients.
- Coordinate interlibrary loans.
- Develop classifications.
- Offer specialized services for various clienteles.
- Facilitate information and orientation sessions and conduct guided tours.
- Supervise staff.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to management positions.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
2,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 72.8% Female
- 27.2% Male
Not available.
- 72.8% Female
- 27.2% 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
$80,000
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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Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Library science or records management
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 87.8%
3.3% of graduates pursue further studies
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Written expression
- Information processing
- Critical thought
- Result evaluation
- Teaching
- Judgment and decision-making
- System analysis
- Active learning
- Time management
- Service oriented
- Social perception
- Solving complex problems
- Coordination
- Systems evaluation
- Learning strategies
Abilities
- Verbal skills
- Information organization
- Speech clarity
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Written expression
- Near vision
- Classification
- Speech recognition
- Inductive reasoning
- Deductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Selective attention
- Processing flexibility
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Perception speed
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Leadership
- Knowledge of administration and management
- Autonomy
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Knowledge of computer science, digital and electronics
- Pedagogical knowledge
- Availability
- Capacity to facilitate a group
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work in sales or client service
- Work in the arts, culture, music, or leisure
- Work in an office
- Work in computer science or information and communication technologies (ICT)
- Collect, verify, sort, and classify data or information
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Artistic
- People with this profile prefer to express their emotions and thoughts through various art forms. They like to use their imagination.
Official name of the NOC 51100
Librarians
Job titles
- Librarian
- Art librarian
- Health librarian
- Scientific librarian
- Unit head librarian
- Bibliographer
- Associate librarian
- Resource sharing and processing librarian
- Information services librarian
- Database librarian
- Bookmobile librarian
- Children's services librarian
- Law librarian
- Liaison librarian
- Reference librarian
- Information and reference librarian
- Periodicals librarian
- Computer search librarian
- Technical services librarian
- Music librarian
- Medical librarian
- Multimedia librarian
- Automation librarian
- Library consultant
- Documentation librarian
- Cataloguer - library
- Classifier - library
- Library coordinator
- Cybrarian
- Music librarian - broadcasting
- Iconographer
- Library supervisor
Skill type
Art, culture, recreation and sport
Last update: January 29, 2026
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