Librarians

Librarians develop, organise and manage library services such as collections of information, recreational resources and reader information services.

What the job involves

• 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