At John Abbott College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada, Diploma in Techniques de la documentation is offered as a diploma in Library Science programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Library Science
Duration: 3 years
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Information and Library Technologies is described on the college's page as Quebec's only English-language program in its field, combining information management, records management, archives, and library-related coursework. The curriculum centres on information storage, information-management software, and research techniques, alongside communication and analytical skills the page frames as transferable across many workplaces. Students gain hands-on experience with standard office software as well as specialized tools such as integrated library systems and electronic document-management databases. The page notes a two-year intensive option for students who already hold a DEC or have completed their general-education courses, describing the workload in that track as heavy and recommending applicants discuss it with the program coordinator before choosing it. It does not attach the program to a single narrow job title, instead presenting the credential as a foundation for multiple career paths built on the same core information-management skills. It suits students who are naturally curious, organized, and interested in how information is stored, retrieved, and managed, whether their eventual workplace is a library, an archive, a corporate records department, or another information-intensive setting, and it offers an accelerated route for those who already hold prior college-level general education credit.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants need a Diplôme d'Études Secondaires including Secondary 5 Language of Instruction, Secondary 5 Second Language, Secondary 4 Mathematics, Secondary 4 Science and Technology (or Applied Science and Technology), and Secondary 4 History and Citizenship Education, or a Secondary School Vocational Diploma with Secondary 5 Language of Instruction, Secondary 5 Second Language and Secondary 4 Mathematics, or education the College deems equivalent, with no further subject prerequisite specific to this program (SRAM code 393.B0). English is John Abbott's language of instruction; the College does not publish a separate IELTS/TOEFL minimum for general admission, and international applicants' academic credentials are instead assessed against their own country of study through SRAM's international admission service. Prerequisites older than five years should be discussed with the Admissions Office. Applications go through SRAM by March 1 for a Fall start.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRAM: the general deadline is 1 March 2027 for Fall 2027 entry and 1 November 2026 for Winter 2027 entry, though only Nursing and a few pre-university programmes admit in Winter. International applicants apply through SRAM's international service: the Fall 2027 file-completion deadline is 14 March 2027 (window opened 15 March 2026); the Winter international window for Winter 2027 entry already closed 31 May 2026, so the current one is Winter 2028 entry, closing 31 May 2027. John Abbott publishes no separate institution-specific international deadline beyond SRAM's own schedule. Admission is not rolling beyond these SRAM rounds. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
