Librarians manage libraries and perform related library services. They manage, collect and develop information resources. They make information available, accessible and discoverable to any kind of user.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Organizing, developing and maintaining a systematic collection of books, periodicals and other printed or audiovisually and digitally recorded material;
(b) Selecting and recommending acquisitions of books and other printed or audiovisually and digitally recorded material;
(c) Organizing, classifying and cataloguing library material;
(d) Managing library borrowing and interlibrary loan facilities and information networks;
(e) Retrieving material and providing information to business and other users based on the collection itself or on library and information-network systems;
(f) Conducting research and analysing or modifying library and information services in accordance with changes in users' needs;
(g) Devising and implementing schemes and conceptual models for the storage, organization, classification and retrieval of information;
(h) Preparing scholarly papers and reports;
(i) Performing manual, on-line and interactive media reference searches, making interlibrary loans and performing other functions to assist users in accessing library materials.