Finding Jobs

Local Newspapers

You can look at the Vancouver Sun & The Province at Vancouver Public Library for free. Check the job postings daily, the careers section in the Vancouver Sun on Wednesdays and Saturdays and in The Province on Sundays.

When you browse job advertisements, you’ll find a range of different job titles that are relevant.

For Librarians, look for these related job titles:

• Associate Librarian
• Bibliographer
• Cataloguer
• Classifier – Library
• Iconographer
• Information Specialist
• Library Co-ordinator
• Library Consultant

For Library Technicians, look for these related job titles:

• Assistant Librarian
• Assistant, Library
• Library Aide
• Library Supervisor
• Library Technical Assistant
• Records Management Technician
• Records Technician
• Reference Aide
• Reference Assistant
• Technical Indexer – Library

You can use directories to produce lists of libraries and library-related businesses in Vancouver or the Lower Mainland. Contact them directly to find out if they’re hiring.

Instructions for using Reference Canada (see link to external resource listed below):

• Click on “Start Search” beside Canadian Businesses, then select the “Advanced Search” button.
• Select both “Keyword/SIC/NAICS” under Business Type and “City” under Geography.
• In the top search box enter “library” and click SEARCH.
• Select the appropriate headings.
• Lower down, select the Province, choose the cities, and click the “View Results” button.

NOTE: You can access this database from a Library computer. If you are using a computer from outside the Library, you will need a Vancouver Public Library card to login to this database. After clicking on the database name, you will be asked to enter your library card number and PIN (usually last four digits of your telephone number).