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TO:
QEII Library Staff FR: Su
Cleyle, RE:
Nova Scotia Community
College Library Technician Diploma and Memorial’s Library Studies Certificate DATE: The QEII Library is committed to providing staff with
development opportunities and over the years numerous workshops and training opportunities
have been offered. In addition, many staff have worked on their own staff
development and taken academic courses here at Memorial, taken courses offered
through Life Long Learning library studies certificate program or taken courses
with the The QEII library recognizes the NSCC’s program is a concrete program that offers students exposure to a variety of areas including public services, technical services, systems, records management and reference. Staff who take courses or complete this diploma will have the opportunity to see libraries from a more global perspective and to learn about areas of the library where they currently do not work or have experience. While the library studies program here at Memorial provides similar courses, it is not as in-depth as the program at the NSCC and it requires four academic programs and a work term. The websites for each program are: Memorial (some courses are web-based and some are via correspondence) http://www.mun.ca/lifelonglearning/programs/univ_cert/library_studies.php NSCC (all courses are web-based) http://www.nscc.ca/Learning_Programs/Programs/PlanDescr.aspx?prg=LBTN&pln=LIBINFTECHh See Appendix A for program descriptions. Though the program at the NSCC may be preferred, it may not be financially possible for some to pursue the NSCC where they would have to bear the financial responsibility for the entire program. The QEII library would like to offer assistance to staff who may wish to pursue a NSCC diploma in two ways: 1. The QEII library and Life Long Learning have worked with the NSCC to establish a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Staff can take library studies / record management courses here and transfer credits to the NSCC program thus diminishing the cost of a NSCC diploma. With this agreement, a student could take a course with Memorial’s Library Studies certificate program and get compensated by Memorial for the full amount (textbooks not included). Credit for this course could then be transferred to the NSCC Diploma program. This MOU also includes the four academic courses required by NSCC. (Appendix B outlines the entire list of agreed to equivalencies). This will diminish the number of courses a staff member would have to take directly with NSCC and thus lesson the financial burden of having to pay for the courses. If all the equivalencies were taken at Memorial, then a student would only be required to take the following at the NSCC to obtain a Library Studies Diploma: LIBR 1001 – Descriptive Cataloguing: Print Materials LIBR 2003 – Information Services II LIBR 3004 – Media Cataloguing LIBR 2001 – Subject Cataloguing I LIBR 3001 – Subject Cataloguing II One module on stand-alone library systems from LIBR 2161 – Computer Applications in Libraries One module on web page design offered from LIBR 2002 – Multimedia Services 2. Whether staff take the entire program at the NSCC (and only the four academic courses at Memorial) or transfer credits from the library studies certificate program, the QEII library has established a fund that would help supplement the cost of courses successfully completed at the NSCC. The scaled model for the fund is based on the number of courses a staff member needs to complete to obtain the Diploma, giving staff the option to take the entire program from NSCC or transfer credits. # NSCC Courses required to obtain diploma Subsidy paid % of course cost
1 - 3 $325 100% 4 - 6 $240 75% 7 – 10 $160 50% Payment for the courses would be provided to staff upon the successful completion of the NSCC course (submit a copy of the transcript to Library Administration). Payment would be viewed in the same manner as the compensation for Memorial courses – taxable income.
Questions about registration for these programs can be found on the websites mentioned above. If you have any questions or concerns about this initiative, please feel free to contact me in person or via email. Many thanks! Appendix A Comparison of courses Memorial requires 10 courses to complete the certificate (6 core; 4 elective) while NSCC requires 14 courses (10 core; 4 academic). The NSCC courses, which you will see from the list below, place more emphasis on technical services ( 5 courses), acquisitions and circulation (1 course) and records management (2 courses). Memorial only offers one tech services course, no courses in acquisitions, circulation or records management. Memorial offers more electives with a public services slant than the NSCC but less core courses in this area.
Program Grid – Equivalencies
accepted by NSCC
revised December 4, 2009
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