51100 Librarians

What this occupation covers

Librarians select, develop, organize and maintain library collections and provide advisory services for users. They are employed in libraries or other establishments with library services throughout the public and private sectors.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 10 main duties for this code.

• Recommend acquisition of books, periodicals and audio-visual, interactive media and other materials for inclusion in library collection
• Provide reference services
• Select, classify, catalogue and weed library materials
• Prepare bibliographies, indexes, reading lists, guides and other finding aids
• Develop systems to access library collections
• Perform manual, on-line and interactive media reference searches to assist users in accessing library materials and arrange for interlibrary loans
• Develop taxonomies using various information and data sources
• Provide specialized programs for children, seniors and other groups
• Conduct library information and orientation training programs and tours
• Perform related administrative duties and supervise library technicians, assistants and clerks.

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 10 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.

• 52100 Library and public archive technicians
• 41220 Secondary school teachers
• 51101 Conservators and curators
• 50010 Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers
• 41221 Elementary school and kindergarten teachers

Excluded from this code

• Elementary school librarian (See 52100 Library and public archive technicians)
• High school librarian (See 52100 Library and public archive technicians)
• Librarian-teacher - high school (See 41220 Secondary school teachers)
• Library curator (See 51101 Conservators and curators)
• Library director (See 50010 Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers)
• Teacher-librarian - elementary school (See 41221 Elementary school and kindergarten teachers)

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.

art librarian · associate librarian · automation librarian · bibliographer · bookmobile librarian · cataloguer - library · children's services librarian · classifier - library · computer search librarian · cybrarian · database librarian · documentation librarian · health librarian · iconographer · information and reference librarian · information services librarian · law librarian · liaison librarian · librarian · library consultant · library coordinator · library supervisor · medical librarian · multimedia librarian

Employment requirements

• A master's degree in library science or a master's degree in library and information studies or a master's degree from a program accredited by the American Library Association is required.