Librarian

A librarian is a person who develops procedures for organizing information and provides services that assist and instruct people in the most efficient ways to identify and access any needed information or information resource (article, book, magazine, etc.). In the workplace, the librarian is usually a professional with a Master's degree in library science or information science who is trained and educated to analyze information needs and use a wide variety of information resources to meet those needs. Although librarians are traditionally associated with collections of books, they can deal with the organization and retrieval of information in many formats such as Internet resources, compact discs, photographs, videotapes, newspapers, magazines, and computer databases.

See also

• List of librarians
• Occupational Outlook Handbook: Librarians
• ALA Code of Ethics
• SLA's Competencies for Information Professionals
• LIS News, a news & interest site (community weblog) by and for librarians and information professionals.
• Library Juice, a library e-zine edited by librarian Rory Litwin.
• Friends of Libraries USA
• Librarian Wage Analysis and Projected Job Outlook