Canadian Library Education

Canada has seven institutions offering accredited masters programs in library and information science. Please visit the schools listed below to obtain information on the school, its program and faculty, admission requirements, etc.

Master of Library and Information Science Programs

Dalhousie University - School of Library & Information Studies
www.mgmt.dal.ca/slis/

McGill University - Graduate School of Library & Information Studies
www.gslis.mcgill.ca

Université de Montréal - École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information
www.fas.umontreal.ca/EBSI/

University of Alberta - School of Library & Information Studies
www.ualberta.ca/dept/slis/homepage/slis.htm

University of British Columbia - School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
www.slais.ubc.ca

University of Toronto - Faculty of Information Studies
www.fis.utoronto.ca/

University of Western Ontario - Graduate Programs in Library and Information Science
www.fims.uwo.ca/mlis/index.htm

LIS Schools on the Net
www.itcs.com/topten/libschools.html

Library and Information Technology Programs

The post secondary institutions listed below offer programs leading to a Library Technician Diploma or Certificate, or provide continuing education opportunities for library support staff. In cases where the Library Technician Program does not yet have its own home page, readers are led to the Web site of the college offering the program.

Alberta

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology - Library and Information Technology Program

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology - Library and Information Technology Program (Distance Education)

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology - Library Operations Assistant Certificate (Distance Education)

Grant MacEwan Community College - Library and Information Management Program

British Columbia

Langara College - Library Technician Department

University College of the Fraser Valley - Library and Information Technology Program

Manitoba

Red River Community College - Library and Information Technology Program

New Brunswick

University of New Brunswick - Library Assistant Program
http://www.nscc.ca/calendar1999-2000/LibraryInformationTech.html

Newfoundland

Memorial University. School of Continuing Education - Certificate Program in Library Studies

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Community College, Halifax and Kingstec Campus - Library & Information Technology Program
http://www.nscc.ca/calendar1999-2000/LibraryInformationTech.html

Ontario

Algonquin College - Library and Information Technician Diploma Program

Lakehead University - Department of Library & Information Studies

Mohawk College - Library and Information Technician Diploma Program (Distance Education)

Seneca College - Library and Information Technician Diploma Program

Quebec

Cégep de Trois-Rivières - Techniques de la documentation -

Cégep de Jonquière - Techniques de la documentation

Collège de l'Outaouais - Techniques de la documentation

Collège de Maisonneuve - Techniques de la documentation

Collège François-Xavier-Garneau - Techniques de la documentation Collège Lionel-Groulx - Techniques de la documentation

Concordia University - Library Studies Programme

John Abbott College - Documentation and Library Systems

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology - Library Technician Program

Employment

The following selective list of websites will assist library personnel in finding out what employment opportunities are available in Canada. Some non-Canadian sites have been included to present the employment seeker with additional resources.

L'Association des bibliothécaires du Québec
www.abqla.qc.ca/abqlaf.html

Association pour l'avancement des sciences et des techniques de la documentation (ASTED)
www.asted.org/

BCLA Jobpage
www.bcla.bc.ca/

BUBL News - Job Vacancies
bubl.ac.uk/news/jobs/

Canadian Librarians in America
www.geocities.com/cdn_moose/CanLib.htm

Canadian Library Association
www.cla.ca/

Career and Employment Opportunities (University of Western Ontario, Graduate Programs in Library and Information Science)
www.fims.uwo.ca/

Corporation des bibliothécaires professionnels du Québec
www.cbpq.qc.ca/

École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information de l'Université de Montréal (EBSI)
Liste de diffusion
www.ebsi.umontreal.ca/diffu/ebsi-l.htm

Fonction publique du Québec - Emplois
www.tresor.gouv.qc.ca/fr/ress_humaine/emplois/liste_emplois/liste.asp

Foothills Library Association : Job Line Home Page
www.fla.org/jobline.html

IPL Especially for Librarians Employment Resources
www.ipl.org.ar/svcs/employment.html

JobSite (Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto)
http://plc.fis.utoronto.ca/resources/jobsite//index.htm

LIBJOBS - Employment opportunities for librarians and information professionals (IFLA)
www.ifla.org/II/lists/libjobs.htm

Lisjobs.com - Jobs for Librarians and Information Professionals
http://lisjobs.com/

LITA: Jobs in Library and Information Technology
http://www.lita.org/jobs/jobs.cgi

OLA Job "Hotsite"
www.accessola.com/career/index.html

Public Service Commission of Canada, Employment
www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/centres/empl_e.htm

Saskatchewan Association of Library Technicians (SALT)
www.lib.sk.ca/salt/employment.html