This two-year Ontario College Diploma program provides students with the knowledge and skills required to carry out the tasks performed in two main functional areas of library and information resource centres: technical services and public services. Technical services involve manual and automated operations related to acquiring, processing and organizing all types of informational material. Public services involve assisting or teaching clients in finding, or using information resources, in print and in electronic format.

Graduates may secure employment as library technicians in, information centres, archives or in the field of records and information management. Employers range from school boards, universities, colleges, federal government departments, public libraries, non-profit organizations, law firms, hospitals and businesses. Duties may be limited to specific areas of technical or public service, or may cover the whole range of library activities, depending on the size of the library or information centre. A growing area of employment opportunity is in the information management field.