library assistant
Library assistants assist the librarian in the day-to-day activities of the library. They help clients find the materials they need, check out library materials and restock the shelves.
Also called: library services assistant, assistant librarian, senior library assistant, library technician, library clerk
- 13
- essential skills
- 19
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 4411
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- librarian5 skills in common
- information manager2 skills in common
- library manager2 skills in common
- cartoonist1 skill in common
- design and applied arts vocational teacher1 skill in common
- ergonomist1 skill in common
- lexicographer1 skill in common
- radio producer1 skill in common
Essential skills
13- analyse library users' queries
- arrange interlibrary loans
- assess informational needs
- classify library materials
- copyright legislation
- display library material
- instruct library users in digital literacy
- maintain library equipment
- maintain library inventory
- manage library users queries
- organise information
- organise library material
- provide library information
Optional skills
19- apply for library funding
- assist in library facility planning
- buy new library items
- collection management
- compile library lists
- confer with library colleagues
- create semantic trees
- develop classification systems
- develop solutions to information issues
- digitise documents
- digitization
- evaluate library materials
- literature
- manage digital documents
- manage digital libraries
- manage overdue library materials
- select new library items to acquire
- use databases
- use software for data preservation
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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