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Our alumni
work as medical and law librarians, archivists, rare-book specialists, reference
and periodicals librarians, specialists in literacy and children's literature,
catalogers, preservation managers, Web designers, digital asset managers, publishers,
information architects, and knowledge managers. They choose careers in the
academic, public, corporate, special, and school library sectors, as well as
in archives.
Career Outlook
To learn more about careers in your field, please explore the
links below:
Note: Click the [+] to expand each section.
[+] Library
and Information Science
- U.S. Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook
The Librarians section
gives a comprehensive outlook and general description of work, working
conditions, employment outlook, necessary training and qualifications,
earnings, related occupations and sources for additional information.
- "Value of the Information Professional"
Explore the field of special librarianship,
read the Competencies for Information Professionals, and see how special
librarians provide value-added services at the Special Library Association's
Web site.
- ALA Careers in Libraries
Describes the different types of librarianship (both
professional and support-staff positions) and provides information about
librarianship in general, including two articles, "Places an M.L.S. Can
Take You: Alternative Careers for Librarians" and "The
Top Ten Reasons to Become a Librarian." Also see the Divisions page
to explore the homepages of the Association for Library Service to Children,
the Library Administration and Management Association, and the Library
and Information Technology Association, to name a few.
- Association
of College and Research Libraries
Scroll
down to the bottom of the page to read past columns in the "Jobs of
a Lifetime" series. For example, "Observations of an Observatory
Librarian" (written
by the solo librarian at University of Arizona's Parker Library Steward
Observatory), "When
Your Campus is Alaska" (written by the off-campus librarian at University
of Alaska-Fairbanks), and "Around the World in 100 Days" (written by the
Semester-at-Sea librarians).
Also check out links for the following specialties:
[+] Archives
and Preservation Management
- U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook
The "Archivists, Curators,
and Museum Technicians" section gives a comprehensive
outlook and general description of work, working conditions, employment
outlook, necessary training and qualifications, earnings, related occupations,
and sources for additional information.
- So You Want
to Be an Archivist: An Overview of the Archival Profession
Describes
what archives are, the work of archivists, archival repositories, qualifications
for employment, and salaries and benefits.
- SCoSAA
The Web site for the Simmons College Student Chapter of the Society of American
Archivists.
[+] School
Library Teachers
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