Library & Information Services Apprenticeship Training

Apprenticeship is a system of training in which a person desiring to learn a specific occupation is given instruction and experience on the job, as well as community or technical college courses related to that particular occupation. It is a time-proven method of systematically producing highly skilled workers.

Classes are open to:

• individuals currently employed in a library setting who could be trained on the job combined with community college classes as an apprentice, or
• individuals interested in taking community college classes to become a Library Technician.

Student apprentices registered with the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries and approved by the Public School Classified Employees Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee receive reduced tuition.

Available formats:

• Day classes
• Saturday classes (for electives)
• Online distance education classes

For more information on how to register as a Library Technician Apprentice, contact:

Tim Busch at 360-336-2240 or 866-820-5653 (toll free) tbusch@pseofwa.org

For more information about the Library Technician Program at Highline Community College contact:

Frances Clark, Library Technician Program Advisor

206-878-3710 ext. 3610

fclark@highline.edu

http://flightline.highline.edu/library000/

For online distance education registration:

http://flightline.highline.edu/distanceed/

Annual Cycle

These courses are required for apprentice and certificate students. They may be taken in any order. In addition, a 10-hour Introduction to Apprenticeship class is required (by arrangement with advisor).

Fall:

LIBR 100/101 Effective Use of Library (3 cr)

LIBR 120/121 Technical Services and Circulation (5 cr)

LIBR 155 Serials and Documents (5 cr)

LIBR 160/161 Computers in Libraries 1 (5 cr)

Winter:

LIBR 150 Information Services (5 cr)

LIBR 165/166 Computers in Libraries II (5 cr)

LIBR 170 Bibliographic Records I (5 cr)

Spring:

LIBR 100/101 Effective Use of Library (3 cr)

LIBR 110 Library Employment (5 cr)

LIBR 175 Bibliographic Records II (5 cr)

LIBR 180/181 Audiovisual Services (5 cr)

The expected annual schedule includes the required courses being offered as on-campus courses scheduled to meet, usually daily, for fifty-minute hours, from 8:00 or 9:00 up to 2:00. The online versions will be offered simultaneously. Some core courses for apprentice training are assigned slightly modified course masters and course numbers. For example, the apprentice version of LIBR 100 is LIBR 101. Often these changes will be made automatically. Contact your advisor as needed.

Other Library courses of interest include:

LIBR 131 Legal Reference Sources  Fall/Winter

LIBR 133 Medical Reference Sources  Fall

LIBR 135 Online Research Sources  Fall

LIBR 151 Business/Info Sources  Winter

LIBR 182 Audiovisual Maintenance  Winter

LIBR 128 Indexing Fundamentals  Spring

LIBR 136 Book Repair  Spring

These are campus courses meeting 2 or 4 Saturdays.

LIBR 128 is also online.

LIBR 130 School Library  Summer

Scheduled as an intensive all-day course over several days.

Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree

Apprentices interested in obtaining an AAS degree will need to complete the classes listed on this brochure, plus additional credits. Classes for these additional courses can be completed at Highline Community College or any other community college or university. At Highline an additional 18 credits of optional Library classes and BUSN 121 or 135, BTECH 108, SPECH 100, and WRIT 101 are required. They can be completed before, during, or after the apprenticeship.