2622-Librarians and related information professionals

Job Title ( International classification ): 
Librarians and related information professionals
ISCO Code: 
2622
Job Description: 
Librarians and related information professionals collect, select, develop, organize and maintain library collections and other information repositories, organize and control other library services and provide information for users.
Tasks: 

Main Tasks include -

  • (a) organizing, developing and maintaining a systematic collection of books, periodicals and other printed, audio-visually and digitally recorded material
  • (b) selecting and recommending acquisitions of books and other printed or audio-visually and digitally recorded material
  • (c) organizing, classifying and cataloguing library material
  • (d) managing library borrowing and inter-library loan facilities and information networks
  • (e) retrieving material and providing information to business and other users based on the collection itself or on library and information-network systems
  • (f) conducting research and analysing or modifying library and information services in accordance with changes in users' needs
  • (g) devising and implementing schemes and conceptual models for the storage, organization, classification and retrieval of information
  • (h) preparing scholarly papers and reports
  • (i) performing manual, on-line and interactive media reference searches, making interlibrary loans and performing other functions to assist users in accessing library materials.
Inclusions: 

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Bibliographer
- Cataloguer
- Librarian

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