Area

Employer


Area:

Academic Libraries

Sub-Area:
  • Service to Faculty and Students
  • Reference
  • Circulation
  • Technical Services
    • Acquisitions
    • Cataloging
    • System Automation
    • Indexing/Abstracting
    • Archives
  • Serials Management
  • Manuscripts
  • Access/Outreach
  • Music
  • Metadata
  • Web Design/Maintenance
  • Digital Files
  • Digital/Paper Preservation
  • Government Documents
  • Special Collections
  • Media Services
  • Teaching
  • Administration/Management
  • Research Support
  • Cartographic Information Specialist
  • Publishing
  • Bibliographic Support
  • Local Area Network Manager
  • Electronic Services
  • Prospect Research
  • Collection Development
  • Instructional Technology
  • Audiovisual Materials
  • Information Literacy
Employers:
  • Universities and colleges
  • Junior and community colleges
  • Specialized academic programs e.g., seminaries, optometrist programs

Area:

School Libraries and Media Centers

Sub-Area:
  • Teaching
  • Administration
  • Technical Services
  • Administrator (school system level)
Employers:
  • K-12 schools
    • Public and private
  • Public school districts

Area:

Public Libraries

Sub-Area:
  • User/Reader Services
    • Reference
    • Information and Referral Services
    • Youth Services
    • Children
    • Young Adults
    • Special Collections
  • Technical Services
    • Acquisitions
    • Serials Management
    • Collection Development
    • Cataloging
    • System Automation
    • Archives management
  • Web Development/Maintenance
  • Special Collections
  • Administration
  • Genealogical Research
Employers:
  • Central libraries
  • Library branches
  • Library services to jails, retirement homes, nursing homes, hospitals, senior centers, etc.

Area:

Special Libraries and Information Centers

Sub-Area:
  • Indexing/Abstracting
  • Competitor Intelligence
  • Strategic Information
  • Knowledge Management
  • Records Management/Archives
  • Information Architecture
  • Document Design
  • Information Management
  • Usability
  • Digital Preservation
  • E-mail Management
  • Hypermedia
  • Visual Resources
  • Reprography
  • Grey Literature
  • Antiquarian Books
Employers:
  • Large hospitals
  • Medical schools
  • Law firms
  • Law schools
  • Bar associations
  • Large corporations
  • Industrial and scientific collections
  • Research labs
  • Local, state and federal government agencies
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Public libraries
  • Colleges and universities
  • Art schools
  • Museums and art institutions
  • Prisons
  • Galleries
  • Historical societies
  • Publishing houses
  • Advertising and public relations agencies
  • News organizations and electronic media
  • Picture services
  • Motion picture studios
  • Television stations
  • Trade and professional associations

Area:

Information Services

Sub-Area:
  • Research
  • Indexing/Abstracting
  • Online Retrieval
  • Information Architecture
  • Programming
  • Database Management
Employers:
  • Information service agencies
  • Outsourcing companies
  • Research centers
  • Large corporations
  • Self-employed
    • Consulting
    • Freelance editing
    • Research

Area:

Information Systems/Technology

Sub-Area:
  • Design/Development
  • Management/Operation
  • Database Administration
  • Computer Support
  • Network Administration
  • Programming
  • Systems Analysis
  • Web Development/Maintenance
  • Training
  • Reprography
  • Information Architecture
  • Digital Preservation
  • Privacy Regulation
Employers:
  • Libraries
    • Public, academic and special
  • Data processing centers
  • Corporations
  • Research centers
  • Government
  • Universities

Area:

Electronic Publishing

Sub-Area:
Employers:
  • Database producers
  • Distributors of electronic publications, e.g. business firms, universities, nonprofit organizations, professional associations, etc.
  • Electronic publishers
  • Self-employed

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