224611-Librarian

ANZSCO code: 
224611
Job Title: 

Librarian

Job Description: 

Develops, organises and manages library services such as collections of information, recreational resources and reader information services. Registration or licensing may be required.

Specializations: 

Acquisitions Librarian ,Audiovisual Librarian ,Bibliographer ,Cataloguer ,Children's Librarian ,Corporate Librarian ,Legal Librarian ,Multicultural Services Librarian ,Parliamentary Librarian ,Reference Librarian ,Special Librarian ,Special Needs Librarian

Tasks: 
  • developing and implementing library and information policies and services
  • examining publications and materials, interviewing publishers' representatives, and consulting with others to select library materials
  • reviewing, evaluating and modifying services in response to user needs
  • providing assistance to clients in accessing library resources
  • managing library systems for recording and organising library holdings, acquisitions and purchases, reader registrations and loan transactions, and supervising indexing, filing and retrieval activities
  • managing inter-library loan systems and information networks
  • undertaking information research activities on behalf of clients
  • selecting, ordering, classifying and cataloguing library and information resources
  • monitoring collection development and culling programs
  • supervising and training other library staff
  • may plan and direct library promotion and outreach activities
Job Group: 

1

Skills: 

In Australia and New Zealand:

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).
Registration or licensing may be required.

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Source Of Info: 

Reference Australian Bureau of Statistics
1220.0 - ANZSCO -- Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, 2013, Version 1.168