id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 9601 Farnel, Sharon Editorial Board Thoughts: Metadata Training in Canadian Library Technician Programs 2016-12-30 4 .pdf application/pdf 1379 93 43 work regularly with different metadata standards such as MODS, DC, DDI in addition to MARC. an individual who came through a librarian technician program who had the skills and knowledge recently graduated library technicians who felt their exposure to metadata standards, practices, This got me thinking about the presence or absence of metadata courses in library technician Canadian institutions offering a library technician program (by province) are: ● Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (http://www.sait.ca/programs-and-courses/fulltime-studies/diplomas/library-information-technology) ● Langara College (http://langara.ca/programs-and-courses/programs/library-informationtechnology/) (http://www.algonquincollege.com/healthandcommunity/program/library-andinformation-technician/) ● Confederation College (http://www.confederationcollege.ca/program/library-andinformation-technician) ● Durham College (http://www.durhamcollege.ca/programs/library-and-informationtechnician) ● Mohawk College (http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/ce/programs/community-services-andsupport/library-and-information-technician-diploma-800) ● John Abbott College (http://www.johnabbott.qc.ca/academics/careerprograms/information-library-technologies/) ● Saskatchewan Polytechnic (http://saskpolytech.ca/programs-andcourses/programs/Library-and-Information-Technology.aspx) Of the fourteen (14) programs examined, nine (9) had no course with metadata in the title or Three (3) of the programs had a course with metadata in the title or description; all opportunity for students enrolled in library technician programs in Canada to be exposed to the ./cache/9601.pdf ./txt/9601.txt