231231 Librarian

Registration or licensing may be required.

Teacher Librarians are excluded from this occupation. Teacher Librarians are included in Occupation 251931 Teacher Librarian.

• Children's and Youth Services Librarian
• Health Librarian
• Legal Librarian
• Metadata Librarian
• Reference and Research Librarian
• Systems Librarian

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

• Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

New Zealand

• Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

• Examines publications and materials, interviews publishers' representatives, and consults with others to select library materials
• Provides assistance to clients in accessing library resources and undertakes information research activities on behalf of clients
• Manages library systems for recording and organising library holdings, acquisitions and purchases, and reader registrations and loan transactions
• Supervises indexing, filing, and retrieval activities
• Manages interlibrary loan systems and information networks
• Selects, orders, classifies, and catalogues library and information resources
• Monitors collection development and culling programs
• Sources, manages, and preserves information resources and collections throughout their lifecycle, including digital preservation
• Designs, directs, and delivers customised library services, programs, and products that are responsive to community needs
• Develops and delivers information literacy education for users