How to Become a Librarian

So, you want to become a librarian? Welcome to a vibrant and exciting profession! Before leaping into a library career, though, take some time to explore your options. Learning what is involved and how librarians generally spend their time can help you determine if this is the field for you.

Librarians’ duties and focus vary widely, but every librarian does much more than checking out books or reading all day, as is the popular public perception. Their duties can range from creating original cataloging records for items in library collections to creating entire taxonomies to order companies’ data to using their expert skills to answer complex reference questions...