Careers in Library and Information Services

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Careers in Library and Information Services
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• The world of information is constantly changing
  and expanding. Each year more books are
  published, more articles appear in journals or
  newspapers, new CD ROMs and DVDs are produced,
  and more resources become available to us through
  computers through databases, online services, and
  the Internet.

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• The growth and expansion of technology constantly
  creates new ways for information to be preserved
  and new ways for people to access information
  whether its through your home computer, in
  libraries, in businesses or research institution,
  and now through cell phones.

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• All of this stored information can be massive and
  overwhelming. We need trained information
  professionals to help us organize and store the
  information first, and then to provide guidance
  and assistance to retrieve and understand it.

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• Information services is extremely comprehensive
  and it combines aspects of library and
  information science. These professionals must be
  trained to organize, analyze, preserve, retrieve,
  and access the vast amount of information out
  there today.

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• Information professionals work in a wide variety
  of organizations, from libraries to schools to
  businesses to government research institutes.
• Lets explore a couple different types of
  libraries and positions where a history degree
  would be relevant.

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Academic Libraries
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Academic Libraries

• College and university librarians work in
  libraries suited to the research needs of the
  students and faculty.

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Academic Libraries

• Libraries at this level usually have large staffs
  of librarians who work in a number of
  specializations.

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Academic Libraries

• Archivists, like librarians, deal primarily with
  written or printed material, but copies of the
  items they store are either unique or few in
  number.
• Archivists maintain records in accordance with
  accepted standards and practices that ensure the
  long-term preservation and easy retrieval of the
  documents. Records may be saved on any medium,
  including paper, film, videotape, audiotape,
  electronic disk, or computer.

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Academic Libraries

• Archivists also may work with specialized forms
  of records, such as manuscripts, electronic
  records, photographs, cartographic records,
  motion pictures, and sound recordings.

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Academic Libraries

• Most college and university librarians have a
  masters degree in library science.
  Administrators generally have a doctoral degree
  but it is not always required.
• Librarians who work in large university libraries
  are sometimes required to have a second masters
  degree in a specific subject field.

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Academic Libraries

• Some may also require proficiency in a foreign
  language.
• The median salary is 53,000.

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Special Libraries
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Special Libraries

• The skills of the history major are in demand in
  many government positions. The Smithsonian
  Institution, the National Archives, state
  archives, museums and historical societies, and
  other government-managed cultural institutions
  employ historians, archivists, curators, and
  individuals with training in historic
  preservation.

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Special Libraries

• Curators administer the affairs of museums,
  aquariums, botanical gardens, nature centers, and
  historic sites.

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Special Libraries

• Curators direct the acquisition, storage, and
  exhibition of collections, including negotiating
  and authorizing the purchase, sale, exchange, or
  loan of collections. They are also responsible
  for authenticating, evaluating, and categorizing
  the specimens in a collection.

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Special Libraries

• The education required of special librarians is
  up to the employer. Most look for a masters
  degree in library science combined with a strong
  background or advanced degree in a specific field.

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Special Libraries

• The average annual salary for all librarians in
  the Federal Government in non-supervisory,
  supervisory, and managerial positions was 75,000.

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The future of librarianship
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Digital Librarianship

• Digital librarianship can be considered a subset
  of the traditional librarian
• Selects, acquires, organizes, makes accessible,
  and preserves digital collections
• Responsible for and involved in technology-based
  projects to deliver digital information resources

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Skills

• Blend of technical and administrative skills, and
  traditional library skills are often the center
  of this blend, with the focus on project
  management
• Job titles include Digital Initiatives
  Coordinator, Digitization Librarian, and Digital
  Technologies Development Librarian

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Salary

• The average annual salary is 62,000 but depends
  on experience, qualifications, location, and
  library or company.

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Education

• Most MLS programs take 1 year to complete some
  take 2
• Courses - the foundations of library and
  information science, including the history of
  books and printing, intellectual freedom and
  censorship, and the role of libraries and
  information in society

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SURPRISES!!!!!!
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INTRIGUE!!!
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Dont Cry!!!
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Dont Despair!!!!
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Its the perfect job!!!
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Become a Librarian!!!!