PCC Library Technology Certificate Programs

About Library Careers

• Library Assistants and Library Technicians (LibraryCareers.org)
• Library Technicians and Library Assistants (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
• Library Technicians (O*Net)
• American Library Association: "Becoming a Library Assistant or Technician" 
      and "What Library Assistants and Technicians Need to Know"
• California  Library Association: “Technology Core Competencies for California Library Workers"

• Library Technician Programs in the U.S. (Council on Library/Media Technicians)
• The Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC )     
• Library Science Master's Degree Programs (Directory of ALA accredited programs)

Library Support Staff Organizations

• Library Support Staff Resource Center American Library Association (ALA) 
       Information for and about library support staff and paraprofessionals.
• COLT (Council on Library/Media Technicians) https://colt.ucr.edu 
     An international organization for library and media support staff.
• Library Support Staff Round Table (ALA-LSSIRT) Focuses on a variety of issues of concern to library support staff, including basic training programs, education, career development, job duties and responsibilities and more.
• Library WorkLife Monthly newsletter of the American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA: Organization for the Advancement of Library Employees)
• ASSOCIATES the Electronic Library Support Staff Journal. Published three times a year
• LIBSUP-L electronic mailing list for library support staff.

Library Professional Associations

​Most have discounted memberships for new member and student 

• American Library Association (www.ala.org)
• Member Groups and Committees: Public Library Association    American Association of School Librarian
  • Association of College and Research Libraries
• California Library Association www.cla-net.org
• Special Libraries Association www.sla.org
• California School Library Association https://csla.net