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Occupational Supply Demand
Unit of Analysis
2511A Library Science
Program(s) of Study and Training

A program that prepares individuals to identify, manage, preserve, and make available records with long-term value for documentation, legal, research, and other purposes. Includes instruction in appraisal and collection development, information and records management, archival preservation, access systems, management of electronic records, archival outreach, and legal and ethical issues.

A program that prepares individuals to provide library and information services and programming for children and young adults. Includes instruction in information needs of children and young adults, resources and services for children and young adults, literature for youth, storytelling, multi-ethnic materials, library management, and information technology for librarians.

A program that focuses on the knowledge and skills required to develop, organize, store, retrieve, administer, and facilitate the use of local, remote, and networked collections of information in print, audiovisual, and electronic formats and that prepares individuals for professional service as librarians and information consultants.

Any instructional program in library science and administration not listed above.

Any instructional program in library science not listed above.

A program that prepares individuals to serve as librarians and media specialists in elementary and secondary schools as well as special instructional centers.

A program that focuses on the interconnected histories of digital or print texts and manuscripts for cultural and literary study. Includes instruction in archiving texts, bibliography, book and literary history, cultural studies, codicology, paleography, stemmatology, and textual criticism.

Occupation(s)

Administer and maintain libraries or collections of information, for public or private access through reference or borrowing. Work in a variety of settings, such as educational institutions, museums, and corporations, and with various types of information

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