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A professional who plans and conducts library program to provide special services for young adults. Responsibilities include:
* Selects books and audiovisual materials of interest to young adults to be acquired by library.
* Assists young adults in selecting materials.
* Plans and organizes young adult activities, such as film programs, chess clubs, creative writing clubs, and photography contests.
* Delivers talks on books to stimulate reading.
* Compiles lists of library materials of interest to young adults.
* Confers with parents, teachers, and community organizations to assist in developing programs to stimulate reading and develop communication skills.
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A professional who manages information resources library stored in files, on tape or microfilm, or in computers for use by news and editorial staff in publishing establishments, such as newspaper and magazine publishers, and in broadcasting establishments, such as radio and television stations. Responsibilities include:
* Directs activities of workers engaged in clipping, classifying, cataloging, indexing, storing, editing, and retrieving library information, or performs these activities as needed.
* Researches, retrieves, and disseminates information in resource library or commercial data bases in response to requests from news or editorial staff, using knowledge of classification system or computer data base.
* Maintains records and statistics on use of data bases and information services provided.
* May manage in-house data base of news information, assign classification terms to news articles, input news articles into data base, and research news information in in-house data base.
* May develop data bases for data storage and retrieval, according to needs of news staff.
* May hire, train, schedule, and evaluate library staff.
* May prepare library budgets.
* May promote and market library products and services to public.
* May coordinate activities of library with activities of other departments.
* May select and purchase reference books for library collection.
* May manage graphics library, assign classification terms to graphics, and research graphics and be designated Photo-Graphics Librarian.
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A professional who selects and orders books, periodicals, films, and other materials for library. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews publishers' announcements and catalogs, and compiles list of publications to be purchased.
* Compares selections with card catalog and orders-in-process to avoid duplication.
* Circulates selection lists to branches and departments for comments.
* Selects vendors on basis of such factors as discount allowance and delivery dates.
* Compiles statistics on purchases, such as total purchases, average price, and fund allocations.
* May recommend acquisition of materials from individuals or organizations or by exchange with other libraries.
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A professional who collects and organizes books, pamphlets, manuscripts, and other materials on select subjects to be used for research. Responsibilities include:
* Organizes collections according to field of interest.
* Examines reference works and consults specialists preparatory to selecting materials for collections.
* Compiles bibliographies.
* Appraises books, using references, such as bibliographies, book auction records, and special catalogs on incunabula (printing prior to 1500).
* Publishes papers and bibliographies on special collections to notify scholars of available materials.
* Lectures on booklore, such as history of printing, bindings, and illuminations.
* May plan and arrange displays for library exhibits.
* May index and reproduce materials for sale to other libraries.
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A professional who compiles lists of books, periodical articles, and audiovisual materials, on specialized subjects. Annotates bibliographies with physical description and analysis of subject content of materials. Recommends acquisition of materials in specialized subject.
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A professional who classifies library materials, such as books, audiovisual materials, and periodicals, according to subject matter. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews materials to be classified and searches information sources, such as book reviews, encyclopedias, and technical publications to determine subject matter of materials.
* Selects classification numbers and descriptive headings according to Dewey Decimal, Library of Congress, or other classification systems.
* Makes sample cards containing author, title, and classification number to guide onsibilities incl in preparing catalog cards for books and periodicals.
* Assigns classification numbers, descriptive headings, and explanatory summaries to book and catalog cards to facilitate locating and obtaining materials.
* Composes annotations (explanatory summaries) of material content.
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A professional who provides information service, such as answering questions regarding card catalogs, and assists public in use of bibliographic tools, such as Library of Congress catalog. Responsibilities include:
* Performs routine descriptive cataloging, such as fiction and children's literature.
* Files cards in catalog drawers according to system used.
* Answers routine inquiries, and refers persons requiring professional assistance to librarian.
* Verifies bibliographic information on order requests.
* Directs activities of workers in maintenance of stacks or in section of department or division, such as ordering or receiving section of acquisitions department, card preparation activities in catalog department, or limited loan or reserve desk operation of circulation department.
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A professional who classifies and files musical recordings, sheet music, original arrangements, and scores for individual instruments. Selects music for subject matter of program or for specific visual or spoken action. Suggests musical selections to director, music or director, program or disk jockey . May issue required music to conductor, orchestra , or other studio personnel. May track musical selections broadcasted, using computer. May listen to music, using playback equipment, to verify quality of recordings meet broadcast standards.
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A professional who maintains script archive and music library used for preparing programs for foreign broadcast, utilizing knowledge of foreign languages and of listening tastes of people of foreign countries. Compiles statistical and financial library reports.
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A professional who compiles information on library materials, such as books and periodicals, and prepares catalog cards to identify materials and to integrate information into library catalog. Responsibilities include:
* Verifies author, title, and classification number on sample catalog card received from classifier against corresponding data on title page.
* Fills in additional information, such as publisher, date of publication, and edition.
* Examines material and notes additional information, such as bibliographies, illustrations, maps, and appendices.
* Copies classification number from sample card into library material for identification.
* Files cards into assigned sections of catalog.
* Tabulates number of sample cards according to quantity of material and catalog subject headings to determine amount of new cards to be ordered or reproduced.
* Prepares inventory card to record purchase information and location of library material.
* Requisitions additional cards.
* Records new information, such as death date of author and revised edition date, to amend cataloged cards.
* May supervise activities of other workers in unit.
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