Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a librarian can go next

4 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a librarian already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Librarians manage libraries and perform related library services. They manage, collect and develop information resources. They make information available, accessible and discoverable to any kind of user.

Professionals 54 skills on file 4 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: library assistant, 69%

library assistant 69% covered library manager 66% covered archivist 39% covered information manager 39% covered librarian You are here
Fig. 2 — the 4 nearest destinations from librarian. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a librarian already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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librarian is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a librarian already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.