Librarian

ANZSCO 224611

Description
Develops, organises and manages library services such as collections of information, recreational resources and reader information services. Registration or licensing may be required.

 

Skill Level
1

 

Specialisations

• 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

 

Occupation Lists

This occupation is on the following skills lists:

 

• Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List
• RSMS Occupations List

 

This occupation is not on the following skills lists:

 

• Skilled Occupations List
• Labour Market Testing Required for 457 List

 

DIAC Endorsed Correlations to ASCO Occupations

2292-11 Librarian

 

Group: 2246 Librarians

 

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

Teacher-Librarians are excluded from this unit group. Teacher-Librarians are included in Minor Group 241 School Teachers.

 

Tasks

• 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

 

Skill Level
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

 

Registration or licensing may be required.

Occupations in this Group

• 224611 Librarian

 

Sources: www.abs.gov.au and DIBP