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This certificate recognizes the need for skilled paraprofessional workers in today’s libraries and offers students the opportunity to acquire, develop or update their job skills. By providing a comprehensive overview of all facets of library work, students are trained for a modern information career where they are an integral part of a library team.
Become a skilled and trained information specialist by earning your Library Technical Assistant (LTA) Certificate. The program of 9 courses, for a total of 26 credit hours, offers frontline technology instruction, combined with classroom lectures, online learning, hands-on exercises and field trips.
You will learn to acquire, prepare and organize materials and also teach and assist library patrons in finding and using those materials. In addition, you’ll learn to develop, market and provide programming ranging from storytimes to computer classes. LTA duties are expanding and evolving as libraries increasingly use the internet and other technologies (such as text reference, virtual collections and online databases) to share information, and you will be trained to support these services. You will become information literate and acquire an understanding of the guidelines, standards, ethics and core principles of the profession.
Employment of library technicians and assistants is projected to grow 9% from 2016 to 2026, about as fast as the national average for all occupations, according to the Occupational Outlook Handbook from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. LTAs work in settings such as public, school, business, law firm, university, college, not-for-profit and government repositories, archives, media centers and libraries.
Job titles include, but are not limited to:
Offered As Needed
LTA 208 - Library Practicum*
* LTA 208 - Library Practicum is offered on demand as an Independent Study to students who have completed the 8 LTA course sequence.
** See the Catalog for course details.
Course schedule subject to change.