Librarians plan, develop, organize and maintain library collections and provide programs, instructions and advisory services for users.

They may be employed in public, academic, school or special libraries. Librarians often work in managerial positions. Librarians also work as research or information officers for organizations and businesses or they may be self-employed.

Librarians need to have good instructional, communication, organizational and computer skills, as well as have the ability to understand research methods. These workers must also be customer-service oriented, culturally sensitive and have the ability to work independently.