Library Assistant Career Guide and Counseling

Question: How would I say 'was a steryotypical library assistant' in french? How Would I say 'was a steryotypical library assistant' in french. In this context; My boss was a steryotypical library assistant. So far I have; Mon Patron etait comme un... Thanks for the help!

Answer: Mon patron était le (take off comme) stéréotype de l'assitant bibliothécaire.

Question: What are my chances of getting a job as a library Assistant after doing work experience? I've been applying for library jobs for a long time now with no success I was told that there really hard to get because there government jobs and they want someone with prior experience and all.So I was thinking of doing unpaid work experience at the university library and just want to no what would be my chances of the university offering me a job after wards.

Answer: Obviously they will increase GREATLY once you do some work at the University. This would mean that you would also have to have a good reference from the University as well. So do your work and be on time!

Question: Does anyone know anything about the Library Assistant Exam/Test? I'm applying to be a Library Assistant and I found out that the town narrows down their field of applicants by giving them a test. Has anyone taken a Library Assistant exam? What sort of material would be on it? Where could I go to study up before I take it?

Answer: Library Assistant is expected to provide reader services for library patrons and performing book processing procedures, such as searching, accessing and on-line data entry or performing a variety of duties in connection with the shelving, arrangement, repair, sorting, dispatching and filing of library materials. Hence questions of general nature in the above subjects will be asked in the examination !!

Question: I want to apply for work as a part-time library assistant. What do I need to know in order to get hired there? What experience or background do you need in order to get hired at a library? Do you need to be an avid reader, or does it not matter?

Answer: i had applied and it helps to have experience working in a library, some basic knowledge of shelving, organization, the dewey decimal system, and practice running their check out system

Question: Do you have more information about Library Assistant job training? i am interesting to work in the library.

Answer: Many colleges and junior colleges have library science classes, and many can be taken online. It's not something that just every school has though, so you might have to search a little. Or post here where you live, and you might get some ideas. Depending on what you want to do in the library, you might be able to just get a job and have them train you. If you want to be a librarian though, you'll probably need a master's degree in library science.

Question: How do I become a Library assistant in the NHS? I like to search and good at finding information, are there any training posts for this? I dont know how to start off.

Answer: go to a library and ask what you have to do to volunteer. Learn as much as you can about the ways they do things around there and then when the next position becomes available tell them you would like to be considered.

Question: I've got an interview for a library assistant job. Can you give me some friendly pointers? Other than the usual research the position and the history of the college and anticipate questions, are there any job-specific things I should know before the interview? Anything that will make me stick out from the rest of the candidates? Any specific qualities or personality traits that librarians are looking for in their assistants? Do you have any experience in this occupation? and if so I'd love a few pointers! thanks so much!

Answer: It's amazing how many people apply to library assistant jobs who lack confidence in their skills. If you have the confidence - show it by speaking up, thinking up a few answers off the cuff, and smiling like you're happy to be there. Librarians are willing to train you in this or that computer system, but they can't spend days with you trying to get you up to speed on everything. Librarians write policy and procedure manuals to cover many issues, other issues are covered in journals or inter-department emails. Whereas saying that you enjoy reading Marcel Proust might impress a lit professor, the reading librarians care about is the communication between coworkers. Sending a brief, well written thank you note to your interviewers - I'd do it by email these days - is one way of showing them that you are the conscientious, literate, take charge sort of person who won't require all that hand-holding. Good luck.

Question: How do I get a library job as a assistant or clerk? I love the library atmosphere. I always wanted to work there. Do you need some type of certificate or degree to work as a assistant or clerk? Is it hard to find a job in the library industry?

Answer: A degree in Library Science would be ideal, but you may get lucky and score an entry level job by submitting an application. It's a city job, so look at your local site for city jobs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_and_information_science

Question: I have a job interview in a couple of days for a library assistant 2 position What questions can they ask me?

Answer: they cannot ask you about your health, number of sick days you've taken, your family status, if you are married or gay, if you have children or your race or religion. The can ask you things like have you ever been fired? Convicted of a crime?

Question: I'm a junior library assistant who would like to teach preschool the school I'm atending wants to know why i'm a junior libary assistant who would like to study a to be a preschool teacher and would like a nice answer to say if ask why would i want to do that i am disappointed with the number of stuudents who come to the library and have various reading and socialing skills. since the preschool years are the years that they developed these skills. i decided to enter the progamme. thank you for those 2 excellent answers.

Answer: Ah Bless, you could say you like to be with kids and help them to enjoy all the lovely books you have read in the children's library.

Question: How does one become a library assistant?

Answer: Ooh! I know the answer to this one. Twice in my life I have been hired as a library assistant with no experience - here's what happened. 1. I sent my resume in to every public library in the city I lived in. One place hired me as a casual because I was at UniSA studying "Public and corporate information management" (fancy way of saying librarianship) 2. I did a placement at the local tafe library as part of my library studies. I worked really hard, kept busy, turned out they needed casuals and boom - they asked me to stay on after my placement ended. Any advertised position is REALLY hard to get. Everyone thinks it would be great to work in a library. When my old crappy shelving job was advertised in the local paper, they got over 100 responses - yikes! So get some study and show you are keen and you will be fine. Good luck!

Question: I am an English graduate working as a p/t Library Assistant. Where do I go from here? Any job/career ideas? I live in Scotland and graduated with a degree in English in 1993, tried teachier training and didn't like it. I ended up in I.T. (local government) with a good job at £25k after doing an HNC in computing. I took 6 yrs off to have kids and lost my confidence. Took a job with the council as a library asst 18 months ago. I like it but I'd like to use my brain a bit more (and get more money). It still needs to be part-time (2-3 days per week). I can't really afford to retrain unless it's fairly cheap/flexible or I get a grant. Would I get a grant? My husband earns £70K so I'm not sure. I don't want to start my own business, husband tried that and we are so rubbish with money we got in trouble with tax. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help.

Answer: create a few useful lecture series on subjects of interest to your library users and give night classes there. You can charge for this, and it can be quite shorterm. Adult literacy classes where you use volunteers, but apply for a grant for your fees as organiser?

Question: Ethical behaviour for a library assistant? I work in a university library part-time (I'm a grad student). My desk is right beside the student printer. Often, students print documents and forget to pick them up. Payment for printing is based on the honour system, with students paying for number of pages they print and leaving money in a dish on the counter (they can make their own change too). If students forget to pick up their printing, I am supposed to throw away their documents at the end of the day. Sometimes, students print documents (mainly journal articles) that I could use in my own research. When the library is empty at the end of the day, I take those articles home with me rather than throw them away. However, I don't pay for them. I always thought that since I didn't hit the print button AND the paper was just going to be thrown away, I shouldn't have to pay for the printing. However, I'm starting to wonder if this is ethical. What do you think? Should I pay or not?

Answer: I think it's fine since you have to throw them away otherwise. But if anyone ever asks you about it, you can just say you're taking them home to recycle because you don't like to see valuable resources end up in landfills.

Question: Hi I am a library assistant and was caught reading a book while I was shelving..? Do you think that pose a threat to my career/ what should I say to defend myself if I get complaints? Do you think it's ok to do that for my job?

Answer: Lol, having been what our public library calls a 'page' before for several years I've been in your shoes. I worked for one library manager (librarian) who was a real stickler and another who just nudged me on to work a bit faster. I got whole books read some days under her watch. Just make sure you're working and try not to read too much. If your boss is mean like my first one, then you're out of luck. If someone says something, be like I'm sorry, they're just so tempting, I'll try my hardest not to do it again. It's so hard not to, when shelving. No, unfortunately it's not ok. Your job is to shelve, and that doesn't involve reading. But sometimes it can be gotten away with.

Question: wha personal qualities and skills do you need to become a library assistant?

Answer: It isn't that boring -- most days -- mostly, you need to know a lot about computers and on-line databases. Libraries have changed and so much now is done on computers.

Question: I would like to change my career from library assistant work. Any thoughts? I have worked in a library for nearly six years now and am wondering about transferring my skills - I'm definitely a people person and thought about training as a counsellor, or trying for work in museums and galleries (would need extra training for that too). Just going stircrazy at the moment.

Answer: Pursue your choices if those are your real dreams./