Not for Profit libraries covers a range of organisations including charities, membership associations, trusts, foundations, think tanks, some small trade unions and research organisations.
Job Description
Libraries tend to vary in size from librarians working on their own to a small team of staff. Duties tend to be varied and hands-on, they may include the following:
- Answering enquiries from members, researchers and staff.
- Conducting in depth research done at other organisations to avoid unnecessary duplication using print resources, computer databases and the Internet.
- Verifying facts for organisations reports and publications.
- Providing current awareness services.
- Choosing, acquiring, cataloguing, classifying and exploiting a range of books, journals and other documentation.
- Setting up and managing databases to organise information.
- Evaluating and comparing information sources and software prior to purchase.
- Running inductions for other staff members.
Pay and conditions
Salaries vary considerably in the sector; guidance for establishing salaries can be found in CILIP’s regular survey of members’ salaries in Special libraries
Updated: 14 April 2008