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Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Also called: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Library Science Professor, Professor

What they do:

Teach courses in library science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

On the job, you would:
  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and present findings in professional journals, books, electronic media, or at professional conferences.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, giving presentations at conferences, and serving on committees in professional associations.
On the job, you'll need:

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Engineering and Technology

  • computers and electronics

Business

  • customer service

Basic Skills

  • reading work related information
  • talking to others

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • use rules to solve problems

Social

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

  • Initiative
  • Achievement/Effort
  • Integrity
  • Adaptability/Flexibility
  • Independence
  • Analytical Thinking

Data base user interface and query software

  • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2
  • MySQL

Word processing software

  • Google Docs
  • Microsoft Word

Library software

  • EBSCO Information Services Academic Search Premier
  • Ulrichsweb

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Job Outlook

The job outlook for this position is Average.

New job opportunities are likely in the future.

Median Annual Salary: $76,370

Education

Doctoral degree or master's degree is usually needed.