How to work in the library

You can work in the library if you meet the relevant professional requirements of the library. The specific requirements are as follows:

1. Education and training: College degree or above in information science, information management, library science, archival science and other related majors.

2. Work experience: familiar with the knowledge of document description rules, cataloging and bibliographic data, meticulous, practical and steady work, strong sense of responsibility, diligence and dedication, love of document management, and experience in book management is preferred.

The ranks of university librarians in China are usually divided into four levels: assistant librarians (junior librarians), librarians, associate research librarians and research librarians, which are equivalent to assistant lecturers (teaching assistants), lecturers, associate professors and professors in China. Ordinary librarians are only non-professionals of the library and are not included in the professional ranks of university libraries. Non-academic librarians are also divided into five grades, that is, librarians are the lowest grade.

Extended data:

Traditionally, library services are divided into two categories: one is technical services, mainly including acquisition, classification and cataloging, system support, etc. Another kind of reader service includes circulation service, reference service, thematic service (thematic research guidance) and information literacy education. Librarians with different functions need to master different knowledge and skills. Therefore, librarians can be divided into interview librarians, cataloguing librarians, system librarians and reference librarians according to their functions.

With the digitalization of library resources carriers and forms, library collections are no longer limited to traditional physical knowledge carriers such as books, newspapers, periodicals and microfilms, but also include various virtual knowledge resources such as electronic databases.

Librarians not only need to be familiar with various forms of knowledge resources, but also need to master a variety of information technologies. They can build and develop library resources according to the needs of readers, process, describe and analyze knowledge resources, judge and evaluate the quality of knowledge resources, and report or recommend them to readers, thus providing in-depth and effective knowledge services.