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Career pathways

ALIA members have diverse roles and responsibilities and work at every management level.

'Real life' profiles

Find out about the variety of career paths open to you, what you can do and where your library and information qualifications may take you, view pathways and 'real life' profiles here:

Where can you work?

You can work in regional or remote areas, in cities around Australia and overseas too ... the opportunities are endless.

public library
school library
university or TAFE library
state or national library
parliamentary library
business or corporate library
government library
museum, archive, cultural service
health library
special library
law library
film / music library
United Nations
recruitment agency that specialises in the sector
training provider

Your job may vary according to the size and type of library. In a large library you may specialise in acquisition, cataloguing, reference work, online services, children's services and in a small library may work in all areas.

You may be on a roster to work evenings and weekends in your vital customer service role.

What will you be?

ALIA members have diverse roles and responsibilities and work at every management level. You can work as a -

librarian
teacher-librarian
library technician
research officer
information consultant
customer service officer
program manager
data researcher
corporate librarian
team leader
community information officer
information or knowledge broker
managing director
library educator
circulation officer
lecturer
webmanager
policy manager
national librarian
state librarian
parliamentary librarian
new technologies coordinator
repository resource librarian
knowledge centre manager
liaison librarian
music librarian
coordinator electronic resource access
manager- flexible delivery and lending services
health reference librarian
information and data professional
TAFE librarian
collections and facilities assistant
project officer information management
metadata team member
law librarian
manager digital services

to name just a few.

Be the Resource to help clients access the right information @ the right time.

More about career pathways

Check out ALIA's website, follow the links to other useful websites for information about careers and training options. Talk to family and friends, teachers and careers advisers, employers, those already working in the sector, and recruitment agencies that specialise in the library and information sector.

Still unsure? Contact ALIA (please remove '.nospam' from address).

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