This Seneca program has been validated by the Credential Validation Service as an Ontario College Credential as required by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.
Library and Information Technician (Accelerated)
Program Learning Outcomes
As a graduate, you will be prepared to reliably demonstrate the ability to:
- Acquire and maintain book and non-book collections, using procedures for bibliographic verification, vendor selection, order production, lending, and fund management.
- Derive, edit and/or create catalogue or metadata records using internationally accepted cataloguing rules and standards, using MARC coding in national bibliographic utilities, and computer-based systems.
- Adopt best practices in professional accountabilities for all library programs and services, including reference and search practices, instructional techniques, accessible and inclusive client services as well as library management.
- Maintain serials control, circulation systems and interlibrary loans in manual, electronic, and web-based environments.
- Develop and prepare promotional materials, library programming, bibliographies, finding tools and reports using web tools, library software and publishing programs.
- Design relational databases, web sites and use integrated library systems and other library related software according to current standards.