Salary: $27 per hour + See Job Description
Reference: JOB-6013

Library Technician

Location: Toronto, ON
Duration: October 5, 2026 – December 11, 2026, with possibility of extension
Work Model: Primarily On-Site
Work Type: Full-Time – 5 Days per Week
Compensation: $27 hr

Role Overview

We are seeking Library Technicians to provide temporary support within a specialized library supporting graduate studies in strategic studies, national security studies, and military studies.

The successful candidates will provide circulation, collection management, shelving, cataloguing, processing, digitization, and general library support. The library uses the SIRSIDYNIX SYMPHONY integrated library system and LibGuides, with print collections organized according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system.

This position requires a Reliability security clearance. The firm start date is dependent on receipt of a signed Reliability security clearance.

What You'll Do

Circulation & Library Systems

- Perform circulation duties, including check-in and check-out, using the SYMPHONY integrated library system.

- Label and process physical library materials and add copies within the integrated library system.

- Support library acquisitions, collection management, and administration using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word.

- Perform circulation and other library system functions as required.

Collection & Stack Management

- Shelve, retrieve, and process library materials.

- Perform stack management and prepare signage for library collections.

- Prepare surplus library materials for disposal, including creating and circulating lists of surplus materials.

- Send surplus library materials to requesting libraries and prepare remaining materials for disposal.

- Prepare designated library materials for binding.





- Create and maintain binding lists and prepare materials for binding.

- Perform quality control checks when bound materials are received and route materials to the appropriate departments for cataloguing and processing.

Digitization & General Library Support

- Prepare selected library materials for digitization.

- Digitize selected library materials.

- Process library mail, photocopy materials, and mail library materials as required.

- Perform other paraprofessional library duties as assigned by the contract coordinator.

Mandatory Qualifications

Education

- Successful completion of at least two years of approved post-secondary education in Library Science or another specialty relevant to the position.

Experience

- Minimum 6 months of experience shelving library materials within the last three years.

- Recent experience is defined as a minimum of six continuous months of work in a library within the last three years.

- Experience circulating library materials using one of the following major integrated library systems: SYMPHONY, HORIZON, Cutting-edge Interfaces, or Ex Libris.

OR

- Minimum 6 months of experience cataloguing library materials within the last three years using one of the following major integrated library systems: SYMPHONY, HORIZON, Innovative Interfaces, or Ex Libris.

Desirable Qualifications

- Experience performing general library duties.

- Experience using Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel and Word.

- Experience using the Circulation system within the SYMPHONY integrated library system.

- Experience with serials control using the SYMPHONY integrated library system.

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📌 Library Technician (Canada)
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