What do librarians need?

Undergraduate students in library science and master students in information science have worked as interns in the library, and have experienced the rotation of circulation department, reference department and cataloging department. Familiar with the work of the library. So, to answer this question, what conditions do you need to work in a library?

Many people think that "librarian" is "librarian", and managing books is just an idle job. In fact, library staff in the industry are collectively referred to as "librarians" and professional and technical personnel. According to professional titles, there are assistant librarians (junior titles), librarians (intermediate titles), deputy research librarians (deputy senior titles) and research librarians (full senior titles). First-time librarians evaluate their professional titles according to their academic qualifications or qualifications, and after work, they evaluate their professional titles according to their specific working years and scientific research achievements.

Anyone who wants to be a librarian in a public library (with a career establishment) must pass the unified examination and interview. The initial test is the examination subject of public institutions, professional ability test and comprehensive application, and will not test the professional knowledge related to the library. The second interview is generally a structured interview. Large public libraries generally require bachelor degree or above, some positions require master degree or above, some special positions require doctoral degree, and some small libraries recruit junior college degree. ? Generally speaking, there are relatively many undergraduate education posts in district and county libraries and municipal libraries. Provincial or national libraries generally require a master's degree.

Those who want to be university librarians generally organize their own examinations and interviews. Good university libraries, especially those of key universities, generally require candidates to have a master's degree or above, and some also require a doctorate. Ordinary undergraduate universities, as well as junior colleges, are still recruiting undergraduates. The content of the examination may be similar to that of the unified recruitment of public institutions, and it also includes the relevant professional knowledge of the library. The recruitment of librarians in provincial vocational colleges is generally the same as that in public libraries, and is recruited by the provincial unified examination. However, at present, there are not many university libraries recruiting, and some doctors only compile and have no master's degree.

Generally speaking, both public libraries and university libraries, as large institutions, have different professional and academic requirements for different positions. The system department recruits computer science and technology majors, and the acquisition department and cataloging department generally recruit undergraduate or master's degrees in library science, information science and archives science, and master's degrees in library and information science.

In addition to librarians with staff, there are also supernumerary librarians, outsourcing or personnel agents or personnel dispatchers. As you know, many colleges and universities will arrange "family members" to join the job. In addition to the unified recruitment of public institutions, general recruitment is not compiled. Therefore, when applying for a job, you should see clearly whether there is any preparation and confirm with the personnel whether there is any preparation. Compilation is the premise of promotion and evaluation of professional titles. Without preparation, opportunities for promotion and evaluation of professional titles are limited.

I want to be a middle school librarian, and my education is relatively low. College or undergraduate course is ok. Some primary and secondary school libraries are compiled by schools, and some are not. Libraries in primary and secondary schools recruit more library science majors. At present, the development scale is very small. A library may have 1-2 people, and the work content is complicated and trivial. Because of many chores, it is difficult to carry out professional reading promotion and reading club work. Whether it is compiled or not, the attention is average, because the core work of middle school is teaching.

Why do library work need these conditions? What is the work content of the library? Isn't it just sorting out books?

Large-scale libraries, such as municipal and above public libraries and university libraries, are generally large in scale and have a clear division of labor. The specific division of labor may be different for each library, but it is similar. Generally, it includes interview department, cataloging department, circulation department, reading promotion department, system department, reference and consultation department, etc.

Interview department

The work of the interview department is book interview, that is, book purchase and access, including book subscription, acceptance and various forms of processing. It is the necessary means and way for the library to obtain the necessary material foundation for its own survival and development. All the books in the library are obtained through book interviews.

Cataloging department

Everyone knows that a library is a place to collect books. Every year the library buys thousands of new books. Simply put, the library buys books from booksellers and then puts on its own unique label (like an ID card), that is, bar code. Then the book number (classification number+author number) is compiled for the books, and the identity information and other information of each book should be registered in the library system. Then print and paste the book label. Then put the books on the shelf (there is a certain order and law where they are placed on the shelf) so that readers can borrow them in the future.

Circulation department

The work of the circulation department includes the service for readers at the front desk, the registration of books borrowed and returned by the library, the arrangement and shelving of books, and the maintenance of the order of the reading room. Circulation work is relatively simple and unprofessional.

Reading promotion department

The duties of the library reading promotion post generally include cultural construction, reading promotion activities and new media construction. For example, the construction of reading activities, library publicity, library book recommendation and other activities.

Reading promotion activities generally include the following aspects:

Lecture activities: academic forum, celebrity forum, hot forum.

Competition activities: speech contest, search contest, knowledge contest, essay contest, video activity.

Exhibition activities: art exhibition, book exhibition, film exhibition, photography exhibition.

Recreational activities: book copying activities and book sorting activities.

Organizations and associations: reading clubs, readers' associations and library associations.

System department

The work of the system department is generally responsible for the construction and maintenance of the software, hardware and network equipment of the library, the technical support of the digital library (the management of the library homepage and database resources), the purchase, introduction, installation and maintenance of electronic information resources and electronic equipment, etc. In short, the work related to book information technology is basically the responsibility of the system department.

Reference consulting department

Reference service is responsible for answering users' questions in the process of querying and utilizing scientific and technological documents, including library collections, services, rules, literature retrieval and utilization, etc. Consultants are not responsible for providing specific answers to various questions beyond the scope of consultation, but will make suggestions as far as possible for users' reference. The forms of reference service are: online consultation and on-site reference consultation. Network consultation generally includes: online real-time consultation, delayed consultation service, expert counterpart consultation, e-mail consultation, self-help consultation (FAQ, online training manual, online classroom, etc.).

I just listed the work of some departments in the library. The specific division of labor of different library departments is definitely diversified. For example, some libraries have set up discipline service departments and literature information resources construction departments.