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>>I am a mature woman who is thinking of taking the >>Library Tech course at Seneca. It is an accelerated >>course so you have to have your degree to get in. In >>order to get funding, I have to research in order to >>determine whether or not the choice of library worker >>is a practical one with demand in the workplace. I am >>Canadian, of course, so was very interested to find >>your site and this forum. Could someone out there >>coverse with me and give me an idea of his/her >>experiences in obtaining employment, and the number of >>entry level opportunities available. This should >>fulfil some of the interview and research requirements >>as well as helping me make a final decision before >>commiting to the programme. I see in the title page >>that some of you have had trouble obtaining entry >>level employment. This must be even tougher for older >>workers. Perhaps I am wrong, I hope so. > >Hi Mary. > >Sorry for the delayed reply - I haven't looked at this >forum in a while. But I am a Canadian librarian >working in the US, since February 2005. I also taught >at Seneca in the part time program. I hate to tell you >this, but what you get at Seneca is a library >technician diploma, and those don't get you anything >under the TN visa category. You would need to be a >librarian with a Masters degree in library and >information science. The college technician diploma >is meaningless here for immigration purposes. > >Stephanie Walker

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