Experience as a volunteer or in a part-time job in a library will be helpful for aspiring library media specialists.
Library media specialists must be creative, inventive, and adaptable. They should enjoy working with children and young adults, and they should be able to communicate well with many different people. They must be able to handle responsibility and to work well under pressure. Good organizational and planning skills are also very valuable. Media specialists must have good manual skills and the ability to work with technology. They need to have the skills to operate different types of audiovisual equipment and the ability to teach others how to operate the equipment.
A commitment to learning is necessary to deal with constantly changing technology. The ability to understand and implement new library media technologies, as well as to teach others how to utilize new technologies, is invaluable.
- Acquisitions Librarians
- Archivists
- Book Conservators
- Children's Librarians
- Corporate Librarians
- Database Specialists
- Exhibit Designers
- Film and Video Librarians
- Information Brokers
- Law Librarians
- Librarians
- Library and Information Science Instructors
- Library Assistants
- Library Directors
- Library Technicians
- Medical Librarians
- Music Librarians