School  Library  Staff

Pocock’s School Library Information Centre has two full-time staff:

• Teacher-Librarian
• Library Technician

Working as a team, and in collaboration with the rest of the Pocock staff, the members of the School Library staff work to create a School Library Information Centre that welcomes and supports all members of the Pocock community.

Teacher-Librarian

In Ontario, Teacher-Librarians are fully qualified, certified teachers with additional qualifications in School Librarianship. To qualify for the Specialist course, a teacher must have teaching experience, including experience in a School Library, so Teacher-Librarians are generally veteran teachers, with several years of classroom experience.

Teacher-Librarians are expected to be:

• leaders;
• information management experts;
• collaborative program planners and teachers;
• managers.

For more information, read the Ontario School Library Association’s Position Statement on the Role of the Teacher-Librarian and Students' Information Literacy Needs in the 21st Century: Competencies for Teacher-Librarians, from the Canadian Association for School Libraries.

Library Technician

Library Technicians complete a two-year college diploma in a Library and Information Technician’s program.  Library Technicians provide the technical support necessary to maintain library functions.  For example, Library Technicians catalogue library materials, help develop and maintain the library collection, help library users find and use information, and help provide computer support in the library.  Library Technicians also assist the Teacher-Librarian with elements of the School Library program, such as the Student Clerk program and displays and events.  As the position of Library Secretary no longer exists, Library Technicians are now also responsible for all of the clerical support and record keeping that used to be the responsibility of the Library Secretary.