Librarians and related information professionals

Librarians and related information professionals collect, select, develop, organize and maintain library collections and other information repositories, organize and control other library services and provide information for users.

Skill level: Highly skilled

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  • The majority of Librarians and related information professionals earn a salary between R8 478 and R34 652 per month in 2024.
  • A monthly wage for entry-level Librarians and related information professionals ranges from R8 478 to R17 640.
  • After gaining 5 years of work experience, their income will be between R10 934 and R21 721 per month.

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Duties and tasks

  • Organizing, developing and maintaining a systematic collection of books, periodicals and other printed, audiovisually and digitally recorded material
  • Selecting and recommending acquisitions of books and other printed or audiovisually and digitally recorded material
  • Organizing, classifying and cataloguing library material
  • Managing library borrowing and interlibrary loan facilities and information networks
  • Retrieving material and providing information to business and other users based on the collection itself or on library and information-network systems
  • Conducting research and analysing or modifying library and information services in accordance with changes in users' needs
  • Devising and implementing schemes and conceptual models for the storage, organization, classification and retrieval of information
  • Preparing scholarly papers and reports
  • Performing manual, online and interactive media reference searches, making interlibrary loans and performing other functions to assist users in accessing library materials

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