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Subject: Re: Entry level opportunities and future for librarians

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Stephanie Walker

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Date Posted: 10:53:44 07/23/06 Sun
In reply to: Mary McClavey 's message, "Entry level opportunities and future for librarians" on 13:08:30 03/23/06 Thu

>I am a mature woman who is thinking of taking the
>Library Tech course at Seneca. It is an accelerated
>course so you have to have your degree to get in. In
>order to get funding, I have to research in order to
>determine whether or not the choice of library worker
>is a practical one with demand in the workplace. I am
>Canadian, of course, so was very interested to find
>your site and this forum. Could someone out there
>coverse with me and give me an idea of his/her
>experiences in obtaining employment, and the number of
>entry level opportunities available. This should
>fulfil some of the interview and research requirements
>as well as helping me make a final decision before
>commiting to the programme. I see in the title page
>that some of you have had trouble obtaining entry
>level employment. This must be even tougher for older
>workers. Perhaps I am wrong, I hope so.

Hi Mary.

Sorry for the delayed reply - I haven't looked at this forum in a while. But I am a Canadian librarian working in the US, since February 2005. I also taught at Seneca in the part time program. I hate to tell you this, but what you get at Seneca is a library technician diploma, and those don't get you anything under the TN visa category. You would need to be a librarian with a Masters degree in library and information science. The college technician diploma is meaningless here for immigration purposes.

Stephanie Walker

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