Library Assistant
Library assistants perform routine tasks, to free librarians for other duties.
Duties include:
- check books in and out, answer routine questions and sort and shelve library materials
- repair damaged books, and keep files of special materials such as career information or newspapers up to date
- help purchasing and cataloguing library materials
- some assistants help library users find reference materials, maintain loan records and send out overdue notices
- may also operate audio-visual equipment or work on special projects, and assist in arranging book exhibitions
Companies to work for:
Public, college and university libraries, government departments, provincial administrations (municipal libraries), local government (law libraries of large city councils), private organisations
