Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Instructor, 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.
- 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.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Arts and Humanities
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Communications
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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
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- read and understand what is written
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
Memory
- remember words, numbers, pictures, or steps
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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:
- Analytical Thinking
- Independence
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Integrity
- Adaptability/Flexibility
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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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