Library assistants and clerks

Overview

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.

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • 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.

Job titles

  • art department library clerk
  • book returns clerk - library
  • bookmobile clerk
  • Braille and talking books library clerk
  • branch library clerk
  • circulation assistant

Employment prospects

Source: BC Labour Market Outlook 2025 edition

Annual salary

Low

$21,864

Median

$30,446

High

$37,060

Usual Hours Worked Weekly: 20.97

Job openings

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British Columbia

133

expected job openings (5-year forecast)

Education and training

Employment requirements

  • Completion of secondary school is usually required.

Additional information

  • Progression to more senior positions is possible with experience and post-secondary education related to library science.

Certification requirements

  • No certification requirements

Post-secondary programs in B.C.

No post-secondary education required

No post-secondary education required. You can work in this career without post-secondary education. Some on the job training may be provided. With additional training or experience, you may be able to progress into higher level, supervisory or management positions.

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