Library Technician

**Job Status**
- Regular Full-Time

**About Us**
- At North Vancouver District Public Library, we inspire learning, discovery, creativity and collaboration in our community. Serving almost 90,000 residents at three full-service locations and one Express Library throughout the beautiful District of North Vancouver, we are proud to provide free and equitable access to welcoming spaces, diverse collections and digital resources, a wide range of technology and computers, including StoryLab, and so much more. Proudly late fine free, our libraries are the destination for our growing community to connect, share, and inspire.

**Position Overview**
- NVDPL is looking for a regular full-time Library Technician to work in a front-facing role with an emphasis on services and programming for children and families. _The job description for this position is currently under review_.

**What we can offer you**
At NVDPL, we believe in building community and relationships, nurturing innovation while honouring tradition, embracing exploration, creativity, and fun, and supporting human potential and enabling excellence.
- Reporting to the Manager, Community Connections, and under the direction of a Librarian, you will provide reference & reader’s advisory services; plan and delivery early literacy programming and outreach; and assist with collection maintenance.

**What you’ll be doing**
Aspects of the role will include:

- Providing reference and readers advisory services with a focus on youth
- Providing assistance with digital devices & resources and using library equipment
- Confidently managing use of public space in a busy environment
- Planning and delivering early literacy storytimes appropriate for various ages and stages of development
- Conducting group visits in the library and outreach to daycares, schools and other community groups
- Assisting in collection maintenance, including assessing and weeding collections using established criteria
- Referring more complex inquiries to librarian

**What you’ll need to succeed**
- Completion of an accredited Library and Information Technology program
- Demonstrated ability/experience and desire to work with youth
- Ability to design and implement age & developmentally appropriate programs and activities for youth
- Considerable customer service, interpersonal, communication and written skills

**It’s great if you have**
- Basic knowledge of library collections, especially current trends, formats, genres and authors for youth.
- Basic knowledge of the objectives of public libraries, including an understanding of Intellectual Freedom

The hourly pay rate for this unionized position starts at $30.70 based on a 35-hour Sunday to Thursday workweek, plus a generous benefits package. This work requires flexible availability, including evenings and weekend shifts.

North Vancouver District Public Library is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, barrier-free work environment. If you have a passion for connecting community, sharing knowledge, and inspiring stories, and you are interested in joining our dynamic team, then we’d like to hear from you
- Our libraries are located on the traditional territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. Their ancestors have lived here for countless generations. We are grateful for the opportunity to connect community, share knowledge and inspire stories on unceded Coast Salish Territory._

**Compensation**
- The hourly pay rate for this unionized position starts at $30.70 based on a 35-hour Sunday to Thursday workweek, plus a generous benefits package.

Posting Detail Information

**Posting Number**
- JP#25-10L

**Job Open Date**
- 06/19/2025

**Job Close Date**
- 07/11/2025

**Special Instructions to Applicants