Librarians (ANZSCO 2246)

Librarians play a crucial role in developing, organizing, and managing library services in Australia. They are responsible for curating collections of information, recreational resources, and reader information services. It is important to note that Teacher-Librarians are not included in this unit group and are instead classified under Minor Group 241 School Teachers.

Indicative Skill Level:

Most occupations within the Librarians unit group require a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor's degree or higher qualification. In some cases, relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be necessary in addition to the formal qualification. This places Librarians under ANZSCO Skill Level 1. Depending on the specific role, registration or licensing may also be required.

Tasks Include:

• Developing and implementing library and information policies and services.
• Examining publications and materials, conducting interviews with publishers' representatives, and consulting with others to select library materials.
• Reviewing, evaluating, and modifying services based on user needs.
• Providing assistance to clients in accessing library resources.
• Managing library systems for recording and organizing library holdings, acquisitions and purchases, reader registrations and loan transactions, as well as 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.
• Planning and directing library promotion and outreach activities (in some cases).

Occupation: 224611 Librarian

A Librarian, specifically under the ANZSCO code 224611, is responsible for developing, organizing, and managing library services. This includes curating collections of information, recreational resources, and reader information services. Depending on the role, registration or licensing may be required.

Skill Level: 1

Specialisations within the Librarian occupation include:

• 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