| Library Science and Information Management is a | | | | Often in schools, librarians will set up attractive displays |
| growing field that needs enthusiastic employees who | | | | focused on a theme pertinent to their students' |
| are dedicated to preserving and protecting data in all | | | | education. You may find yourself working on a |
| its forms. You may not think of a High School | | | | selection of literature appropriate for Black History |
| Librarian's job as a highly specialized, challenging career, | | | | Month, or arranging a display of poetry to honor Emily |
| but you're wrong. | | | | Dickinson. |
| All schools employ librarians who select and order | | | | Of course, all this takes training, and attending a |
| books appropriate for their school's student body and | | | | university accredited by the American Library |
| their current collection. As a High School librarian, you | | | | Association is your first step. Earn a Master's Degree |
| may find yourself requisitioning audio-visual equipment, | | | | in Library Science or Information Management, and pick |
| new computers, or other materials pertinent to your | | | | a specialty. You may decide that elementary schools |
| school's educational program. Your day to day duties | | | | attract you more than a traditional library or other |
| may change with the size of the library you work in. In | | | | academic environment, and many ALA certified |
| very large libraries, you may work with a sizable staff | | | | colleges and universities have special programs to |
| that includes clerks or technical assistants. In more | | | | prepare interested students for Elementary |
| modest libraries, a head librarian man work alone. In | | | | Librarianship. |
| High School, students begin to learn research | | | | If you have a Bachelor's with a strong concentration in |
| techniques and as their librarian you are an | | | | a specific field, like Art History, or Media Studies, there |
| indispensable resource. | | | | are also programs which offer Master's degrees that |
| You may hold orientation sessions for individual classes | | | | train you for work as a Media Librarian, or as a head |
| that explain the myriad of technical and traditional | | | | of a museum's special collections. You can take |
| library resources available to students, or help individual | | | | additional courses in conservation to help preserve |
| students by suggesting specific sources. Most libraries | | | | rare books, or sometimes earn a dual Master's degree |
| have a selection of Audio-Visual and multimedia | | | | in Art to aid your career. |
| materials. Some are educational in nature, others, | | | | A librarian doesn't have to sit behind a desk and read |
| recreational. Perhaps a faculty member wishes to | | | | all day - librarianship is an exciting career choice that |
| show a biopic on Vincent Van Gogh - it's your job to | | | | provides opportunities for growth financially, |
| ensure that film is available for check out, and in | | | | intellectually, and bibliophilic-ally! |
| working order. | | | | |