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Librarians

Librarians appraise, obtain, index, collate and make available library acquisitions and organise and control other library services.

Average Salary

£23,275

New workers start around £12,980. Normal pay is £23,275 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £66,510.

Jobs

20,675

The number of jobs in the career for the current year.

Daily Tasks

  • Provides learning and cultural experiences through events such as author talks, reading groups, formal and informal teaching.

  • Promotes library services through displays and talks.

  • Manages library borrowing and inter-library loan facilities.

  • Establishes information storage systems to deal with queries and to maintain up to date records.

  • Identifies the information needs of clients, seeks out and evaluates information sources.

  • Prepares and circulates abstracts, bibliographies, book lists, etc..

  • Collects, classifies and catalogues information, books and other material.

  • Selects and arranges for the acquisition of books, periodicals, audio-visual and other material.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

  • Collections

  • Library

  • Cataloguing

  • Information Sciences

  • Library Services

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

  • Research

  • Enthusiasm

  • Teaching

  • Communications

  • Innovation

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.