2321 Librarians
2321 Librarians
Deliver quality information services for the benefit of users by using unique technical skills to develop, acquire, organise and preserve information resources, and to research, design and deliver customised services in a networked environment.
Library Services Managers and Teacher Librarians are excluded from this unit group. Library Services Managers are included in Occupation 149132 Library Services Manager. Teacher Librarians are included in Occupation 251931 Teacher Librarian.
OSCA skill level
The occupations in this unit group have a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.
- Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience
232131 Librarian
Delivers quality information services for the benefit of users by using unique technical skills to develop, acquire, organise, manage and preserve information resources, and to research, design and deliver customised services in a networked environment.
Registration or licensing may be required.
Teacher Librarians are excluded from this occupation. Teacher Librarians are included in Occupation 251931 Teacher Librarian.
Specialisations
- Children's and Youth Services Librarian
- Health Librarian
- Legal Librarian
- Metadata Librarian
- Reference and Research Librarian
- Systems Librarian
Skill level: 1
Main tasks
- 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