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Librarians

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

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£15,228
£28,076
£51,064

New workers start around £15,228. Normal pay is £28,076 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £51,064.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 18,877 vacancies for this type of job

4.45%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

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

  • Library Management

  • Integrated Library Systems

  • Numeracy

  • Working With Children

  • Computer Science

  • Marketing

  • Information Management

  • Project Management

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.

  • Communication

  • Teaching

  • Management

  • Research

  • Customer Service

  • English Language

  • Leadership

  • Literacy

  • Planning

  • Collections

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.

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