Career Research

All librarians who work at college libraries have earned a master's degree in library science or in library and information science. Most academic librarians have earned additional graduate degrees and have been professional librarians for many years.

All SUNY Adirondack librarians:

• assist students, faculty and staff at the Research Help Desk for several hours a week, helping them find quality information using books, databases, the Web or other sources;
• participate in college-wide committees and programs;
• consult with faculty and staff on campus-wide projects;
• evaluate and purchase new material. Each librarian is responsible for purchasing material in particular subjects. 

Individual librarians specialize in:

• teaching information literacy skills to classes: the SUNY Adirondack Library teaches more than 140 sessions each year to students;
• producing tutorials, worksheets, handouts, research guides and other teaching material for students and faculty;
• writing, editing, continually updating and managing the library's website;
• managing the library's budget;
• purchasing the library's books in specific subject areas for students to use in their research assignments;
• purchasing appropriate databases and multimedia material for faculty to use in classes;
• cataloging the library's material so library users can find items easily in the library's databases;
• answering questions about copyright law;
• offering presentations and workshops for students, faculty and staff;
• working with specialized software to make the library's books and full-text articles accessible to users;
• representing the library at college-wide events;
• managing the library's staff;
• ...and lots more! The tasks are often changing.

In addition to ALA's site listed above, you might also be interested in these groups:

Librarians earn at least one master's degree, in library and information science. Here are SUNY universities offering such degrees:

Print books & Ebooks: 
Here's a search for print books & ebooks at SUNY Adirondack Library about librarian careers.

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