My Career ProjectBy:Carl

NameAgnes Annan

What is your profession?

I'm a librarian.

So you mean you sit behind the counter and check out

books?• I don't sit behind a counter and check out books.

• Library assistant

• School library

• Public library

• Hospital library

• University library

• Research library

Can You Tell Me More

• Research librarian

• Online data bases

• Plan programs

training requiredYou need at least a masters degree in library and

information science.

Length of TrainingIt requires two years of training.

cost of training Like most masters program in many Universities in

Canada it cost a few thousands of dollars.

Place of training?

• Western University

• Alberta University

• Montreal University

What qualifications are necessary to begin training?

Being a master's program you need a first degree to qualify for it, and it doesn't really matter what field of first degree you have. It could be in art or

any other field.

working conditions?

You get to interact with different people and you get to help people or researchers carry out their research work and you get paid for it, so I find it

really exciting.

Skills to work in this domain?

• Information searching skills

• Customer service skills

• Instructional skills

• Library services