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Library Technician resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what library technicians actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most library technicians should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Library Technician with a Diploma of Library and Information Services and experience across circulation, cataloguing and patron support. Skilled at maintaining accurate records in library management systems and helping users navigate print and digital collections. Known for reliable customer service and a detail-focused approach to collection maintenance.
Key skills
- Cataloguing and classification (Dewey Decimal, RDA, MARC)
- Collection maintenance and inventory management
- Circulation and interlibrary loan processes
- Patron enquiry and research assistance
- Library management systems: Koha, Ex Libris Alma, OCLC WorldShare, SirsiDynix Symphony
- Microsoft Office suite
- Data analysis for collection reporting
- Attention to detail
- Customer service
- Digital literacy
- Written communication
Experience: example bullet points
- Catalogued new acquisitions in Koha, creating MARC records that met RDA standards so items were shelf-ready within two days of arrival.
- Processed daily loans, returns and interlibrary loan requests, maintaining accurate circulation records and resolving discrepancies promptly.
- Maintained circulation desk operations for a busy public library, answering patron enquiries and reducing wait times during peak periods.
- Reorganised a 2000-item junior fiction collection, improving shelf accessibility and cutting retrieval time for staff and patrons.
- Prepared monthly displays and supported reading programs, which increased patron engagement with the collection.
Education
Diploma of Library and Information Services (TAFE), or Certificate III/IV in Library and Information Services; some employers accept a bachelor degree in a related field.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
- Dewey Decimal Classification
- RDA
- MARC
- Interlibrary loans
- Koha
- Ex Libris Alma
- OCLC WorldShare Management Services
- SirsiDynix Symphony
- Library management systems
- Cataloguing
- Collection maintenance
- Circulation
- Reference services
- TAFE
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.