Library Assistants, Clerical
Also called:
Library Assistant, Library Clerk, Library Aide, Library Circulation Assistant
What they do:
Compile records, sort, shelve, issue, and receive library materials such as books, electronic media, pictures, cards, slides and microfilm. Locate library materials for loan and replace material in shelving area, stacks, or files according to identification number and title. Register patrons to permit them to borrow books, periodicals, and other library materials.
On the job, you would:
- Instruct patrons on how to use reference sources, card catalogs, and automated information systems.
- Open and close library during specified hours and secure library equipment, such as computers and audiovisual (AV) equipment.
- Locate library materials for patrons, including books, periodicals, tape cassettes, Braille volumes, and pictures.
Business
- customer service
- administrative services
Arts and Humanities
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
Social
- looking for ways to help people
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- order or arrange things
- group things in different ways
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People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Cooperation
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Independence
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Concern for Others
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You might use software like this on the job:
Library software
- Cataloging software
- ResourceMate Plus
Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Microsoft Access
Spreadsheet software
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high school diploma or
associate's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$23,440
per year, on average
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