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Overview
Library assistants support daily library work by helping users find materials, checking items in or out, arranging shelves and keeping library information organized.
In job descriptions, look for user queries, library inventory, classification, interlibrary loans, digital literacy support, equipment maintenance, display of materials and collection or document handling.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The work is close to the library desk, shelves, catalogue and users. Tasks can include answering queries, finding material, arranging loans, classifying items and keeping displays or equipment usable.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth comes from library systems, information organization, digital literacy support and copyright awareness. Some roles add interlibrary loans, inventory work, collection lists, digitisation or support for digital libraries.
Salary context
Pay is shaped by service-desk responsibility, collection handling, digital support, opening-hour patterns and whether the role includes purchasing, classification or facility planning support.
Career paths
Development can move toward senior circulation work, cataloguing support, digital library work, collection administration, user training or library operations coordination.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy names the library system, user group, loan duties, shelving work, digital support and collection tasks. This separates library support from general reception or office administration.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Library Assistants, Clerical
43-4121.00
O*NET occupation is more specific
The O*NET occupation covers a more specific field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETLibrary Technicians
25-4031.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETSource and method
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Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
Library clerks (4411)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/37b15470-3b2d-4ae0-816c-c7c06ed15c99 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 4411.1 |
| ISCO group | 4411 |
| Concept type | Occupation |