Librarians
Administer libraries and perform related library services. Work in a variety of settings, including public libraries, educational institutions, museums, corporations, government agencies, law firms, non-profit organizations, and healthcare providers. Tasks may include selecting, acquiring, cataloguing, classifying, circulating, and maintaining library materials; and furnishing reference, bibliographical, and readers' advisory services. May perform in-depth, strategic research, and synthesize, analyze, edit, and filter information. May set up or work with databases and information systems to catalogue and access information.
Also called: Librarian, Library Media Specialist, Public Services Librarian, Reference Librarian
Knowledge:
- customer service
- administrative services
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
- teaching and course design
Skills:
- reading work related information
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- communicate by writing
- order or arrange things
- group things in different ways
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need
- Cooperation
- Dependability
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Integrity
- Initiative
- Concern for Others
Technology:
- Ex Libris Group Voyager
- MC2 Systems Auto Librarian
Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Structured query language SQL
Web page creation and editing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Flash Player
- Really Simple Syndication RSS
