Library Science (LS) Positions in the Government of Canada, 1990 to 2012
July 8, 2013
In June 2013, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer published a Federal Employee Classification Dataset [XLS] with data about the Federal Public Service (i.e. Core Public Administration and Separate Agencies).
The dataset provides a look at the number of employees in each classification group and level across government and broken down by department/agency.
The extract below shows the number of Library Science (LS) positions from 1990 to 2012. Shown in parentheses is the number of positions at the National Library of Canada (1990 to 2004) and Library and Archives Canada (2005 to 2012).
(A follow-up post will provide data about LS positions by department and agency.)
| LS-1 | LS-02 | LS-03 | LS-04 | LS-05 | Total # of LS Positions |
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| 1990 | 55 (5) | 276 (99) | 118 (46) | 63 (23) | 26 (8) | 538 (181) |
| 1991 | 45 (9) | 255 (96) | 136 (49) | 63 (20) | 23 (8) | 522 (182) |
| 1992 | 38 (3) | 250 (96) | 136 (42) | 59 (20) | 26 (9) | 509 (170) |
| 1993 | 37 (6) | 264 (98) | 143 (41) | 54 (18) | 24 (9) | 522 (172) |
| 1994 | 20 (2) | 265 (94) | 147 (42) | 49 (14) | 25 (10) | 506 (162) |
| 1995 | 22 (3) | 273 (103) | 143 (42) | 52 (15) | 26 (9) | 516 (172) |
| 1996 | 17 (2) | 251 (89) | 136 (40) | 45 (13) | 27 (11) | 476 (155) |
| 1997 | 17 (1) | 244 (91) | 132 (39) | 49 (15) | 25 (11) | 467 (157) |
| 1998 | 12 (1) | 233 (84) | 128 (36) | 49 (13) | 24 (12) | 446 (146) |
| 1999 | 15 (3) | 220 (86) | 136 (35) | 44 (11) | 25 (13) | 440 (148) |
| 2000 | 19 (2) | 205 (79) | 143 (37) | 45 (11) | 24 (12) | 436 (141) |
| 2001 | 29 (4) | 210 (73) | 141 (37) | 49 (12) | 21 (12) | 450 (138) |
| 2002 | 36 (6) | 219 (74) | 148 (39) | 50 (14) | 22 (12) | 475 (145) |
| 2003 | 40 (8) | 210 (79) | 140 (37) | 53 (14) | 18 (9) | 461 (147) |
| 2004 | 31 (7) | 205 (76) | 143 (38) | 53 (14) | 20 (9) | 452 (144) |
| 2005 | 30 (5) | 215 (77) | 141 (39) | 53 (14) | 18 (9) | 457 (144) |
| 2006 | 30 (1) | 203 (74) | 148 (40) | 50 (12) | 20 (9) | 451 (136) |
| 2007 | 26 (1) | 201 (69) | 138 (34) | 46 (8) | 19 (5) | 430 (117) |
| 2008 | 14 (1) | 214 (64) | 143 (32) | 46 (7) | 17 (5) | 434 (109) |
| 2009 | 19 (1) | 221 (73) | 141 (26) | 46 (10) | 16 (4) | 443 (114) |
| 2010 | 16 (1) | 218 (67) | 139 (23) | 42 (9) | 16 (3) | 431 (103) |
| 2011 | 10 (0) | 218 (57) | 127 (18) | 41 (6) | 12 (2) | 408 (83) |
| 2012 | 6 (0) | 201 (48) | 123 (19) | 38 (4) | 14 (2) | 382 (73) |
About the Library Science (LS) Group
The LS Group comprises positions that are primarily involved in the application of a comprehensive knowledge of library and information science to the management and provision of library and related information services.
It includes positions that have, as their primary purpose, responsibility for:
- the application of a comprehensive knowledge of library and information science to:
- select, acquire, organize, preserve and dispose of library materials;
- catalogue, classify, index and analyze information and library materials;
- provide reference, referral, bibliographic, advisory, information retrieval, and document delivery services, and perform other functions to assist users in accessing library materials;
- evaluate, develop, select, implement and use manual and automated systems and networks to record, organize, store, search, retrieve and make accessible information in library or information management operations; and
- the leadership of any of the above activities.
Additional information:
- Federal Employee Classification Dataset [XLS]
- Library Science (LS) Group
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