50010 Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers

What this occupation covers

Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities of libraries, archives, museums, art galleries or departments within such institutions. They are employed in libraries, archives, museums and non-retail art galleries.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 9 main duties for this code.

• Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities of a library or library system, archive or archive system, museum or art gallery or a technical department within such an institution
• Develop and administer policies and programs
• Prepare and administer budgets
• Develop, promote and implement public relations and promotional programs
• Prepare funding and grant applications and proposals
• Prepare operational and financial reports, analyses and recommendations
• Recruit and provide training for professional, technical and clerical staff
• May perform the duties of a librarian, archivist or curator in smaller institutions.
• Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers may specialize in a specific type of collection.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 9 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 51102 Archivists
• 51101 Conservators and curators
• 51100 Librarians
• 10019 Other administrative services managers

Excluded from this code

• Archivists (See 51102 Archivists)
• Conservators and curators (See 51101 Conservators and curators)
• Librarians (See 51100 Librarians)
• Records management services manager (See 10019 Other administrative services managers)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

administrative librarian · archival document manager · archives chief · archives director · archives manager · art gallery administrator · art gallery assistant director · art gallery chief curator · art gallery coordinator · art gallery director · art gallery manager · art gallery manager assistant · arts administrator · assistant art gallery administrator · assistant art gallery director · assistant director of archives · assistant director of historical park · assistant museum administrator · assistant museum director · chief archivist · chief conservator · chief curator · chief librarian · conservation director

Employment requirements

• Library managers
• A graduate degree in library and information science and Several years of experience as a librarian, including supervisory experience are required.
• Archive managers
• A graduate degree in archival science or history and Several years of experience as an archivist or in historical research, including supervisory experience are required.
• Museum and art gallery managers
• A graduate degree related to a particular collection or a training program in arts administration and Several years of experience as a curator, conservator or artist or experience in other related museum and art gallery work are usually required.