A.S. Degree - Library Technician

The Long Beach City College Library Technician Associate of Science Degree is designed to teach the fundamentals of knowledge and skills needed for today’s library technicians, library assistants, and library support staff. The degree is designed to successfully prepare students for employment with entry and mid-level library technician positions in public, academic, school, special libraries, and other information-related industries. It encompasses library automation essentials such as acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, public access catalogs, techniques of information retrieval, and leadership. There are no material fees in the courses associated with this program.

10-15

The Library Technician Associate of Degree is designed to prepare students for employment as paraprofessional library technicians, library assistants, and other library support staff. Students will receive the theory and practical experience needed to earn employment in school, public, special, academic libraries, and related information settings. 

The Library Technician’s program courses are developed in consultation with employers that assist in advising the program’s trajectory. Students benefit from a curriculum that is designed to prepare them for utilizing automated systems, assist patrons through public access locations and reference services, technical services such as cataloging, circulation, acquisitions, and leadership.

LBCC’s Library Technician program is one of the few programs in the region that offers its core courses entirely online. This allows individuals from disparate locations to collaborate and learn, while enhancing enrollment opportunities. Long Beach City College is also adding a Work Experience course, which similar programs at other colleges in the service area already offer.

According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, the employment of library technicians and assistants is projected to grow 5 percent from 2014 to 2024 about as fast as the average for all occupations. The short-term (two-year) employment projection for library technicians is 3.4% in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale Metropolitan Division and the long-term (ten-year) employment projection for library technicians is 7.1% in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale Metropolitan Division according to the Labor Market Information data from the California state website.

There are no material fees in the courses associated with this program.

1. Demonstrate knowledge of theory and skillsets related to a library's technical services.

2. Demonstrate knowledge of theory and skillsets related to a library's patron-facing services.

Requirements	Dept. Name/#	Name	Units	CSU-GE	IGETC	Sequence
Required Core courses	LIB200	Foundations of Library Services	3			Yr 1, Fall/Spring
	LIB210	Introduction to Access Services	3			Yr 1, Fall
	LIB220	Introduction to Acquisitions	3			Yr 1, Fall
	LIB230	Special Topics in Library Services	3			Yr 2, Spring[GU1]
	LIB240	Introduction to Cataloging	3			Yr 2, Spring
3-4 Units from the Following	COSA30	Introduction to Computers	3			Yr1, Fall/Spring
	COSA35	Microsoft Office	3			Yr1, Fall/Spring
	COMM20	Elements of Interpersonal Communication	3	CSU-GE		Yr1/Yr2, Fall/Spring
	COMM25	Elements of Intercultural Communication	3	CSU-GE		Yr1/Yr2, Fall/Spring
	LIB271WE	Work Experience Library Technician	1-4			Yr2, Fall/Spring

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New course at course eval [GU1]

Required Major Total: 18-19 units

Completion of LBCC’s Local Degree General Education : 16-19 units

Remaining Transferable electives (as needed to reach 60 units): 16-22 units

TOTAL UNITS 60 units

Proposed Sequence:  

Year 1, Fall = 15 

Year 1, Spring = 15 

Year 2, Fall = 15 

Year 2, Spring = 15 

TOTAL UNITS: 60 

There are no related programs are offered by the college.

Pasadena City College and Santa Ana College

75-100