Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Library Science Professor, Professor
What they do:
Teach courses in library science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
On the job, you would:
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and present findings in professional journals, books, electronic media, or at professional conferences.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, giving presentations at conferences, and serving on committees in professional associations.
Arts and Humanities
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Business
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
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People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Initiative
- Achievement/Effort
- Integrity
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Independence
- Analytical Thinking
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You might use software like this on the job:
Library software
- EBSCO Information Services Academic Search Premier
- EBSCO Information Services Library Literature and Information Science Index
Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- MySQL
Computer based training software
- Blackboard Learn
- Desire2Learn
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doctoral degree or
master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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