Job description On Call Library Assistant in the Halifax Region

Find out what work is like for an on call library assistant in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Library assistants and clerks (NOC 14300).

Library assistants and clerks

Description

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.

Work week duration

Library assistants and clerks usually work between 35 to 40 hours per week.
Between 35 to 40 hours

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Library assistants and clerks have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • 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.

Physical demands Help - Physical Demands

  • Handling material manually
  • Making repetitive motions
  • Walking and running
  • Sitting
  • Standing
  • Bending or twisting the body

Workplaces and employers

Here are the typical workplaces where Library assistants and clerks are employed and some of their main characteristics:

  • Establishments with library services throughout the public and private sectors
  • Libraries

Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment

  • Indoors, environmentally controlled

Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others

  • Somewhat close (e.g. share office)

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 14300), and a list of similar occupations:

  • circulation clerk - library
  • interlibrary loan clerk
  • library assistant
  • library page
  • periodicals clerk
  • reference clerk
  • shelving clerk - library

Similar occupations Help - Similar occupations

Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

Date modified: