Librarians | Career profile | UCAS

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

New workers

AVERAGE

Experienced

£ 13,429

£ 23,235

£ 42,099

In the past year there were 20,152 vacancies for this type of job

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

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.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

Library Services
Library
Service Quality
Integrated Library Systems
Marketing
Library Management
Numeracy
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Information Management
Flexbox

Soft Skills

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

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

Communications
Customer Service
Management
Teaching
Research
Enthusiasm
Innovation
Collections
Literacy
Planning

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.

Routes to this career

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £25k
UCAS Tariff: 96/120
Student satisfaction: 78%
Course study options: 4 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £18k
UCAS Tariff: 96/120
Student satisfaction: 94%
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: Grad Dip
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 5 Years
Study mode: Sandwich including foundation year
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 48/48
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £18k
UCAS Tariff: 48/48
Student satisfaction: 84%
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 96/112
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 48%
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time with time abroad
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £19k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 53%
Course study options: 6 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 112/112
Student satisfaction: 85%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £24k
UCAS Tariff: 96/96
Student satisfaction: 82%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: MLHMLH
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £18k
UCAS Tariff: 48/48
Student satisfaction: 72%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 5 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 64/168
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 66%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £22k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 86%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £20k
UCAS Tariff: 48/72
Student satisfaction: 86%
Course study options: 4 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £23k
UCAS Tariff: 112/112
Student satisfaction: 79%
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £19k
UCAS Tariff: 40/48
Student satisfaction: 80%
Course study options: 5 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 6 Years
Study mode: Part-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 112/112
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £19k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 71%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time with year in industry
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £24k
UCAS Tariff: 104/104
Student satisfaction: 57%
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £17k
UCAS Tariff: 112/120
Student satisfaction: 75%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £19k
UCAS Tariff: 64/64
Student satisfaction: 59%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £23k
UCAS Tariff: 104/112
Student satisfaction: 62%
Course study options: 9 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £20k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 77%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £24k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 71%
Course study options: 2 course options available

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