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JinxtheCat | 15:24 Wed 09th Mar 2005 | Jobs & Education
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what qualifications are needed to become a librarian? what is the pay like?
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 Good grief....havn't you seen the new kit kat ad??  stay away from the library mate. it will bore you to death...and death by boredom is a painfull way to go!

Nowadays you need an MA in Information Management or similar.  You only need to have NVQs to be a library assistant but that is very different from librarian.  It is very poorly paid work, about the same as secretaries.  The professional organisation for librarians is Cilip http://www.cilip.org.uk/

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It is badly paid unfortunately.  A friend of mine who works for a large library in a university is paid under �10K
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thanks guys, really helpful

"10K"!!!! Tell him to get another job! I'm in my first post-MA job in a public library and I get �20k (includes London weighting). Pay is much higher in the commercial sector, but not as well paid as in other professions obviously.

Basically, it's a vocational profession. You do it because you believe in it. And I certainly don't think it's boring!

5029 - is your friend a Library Assistant or an Assistant Librarian? The titles may sound similar but they are completely different: you need a postgraduate qualification to be a Librarian, whereas anyone can be a Library Assistant.

Library Assistant jobs generally pay under �15K, Librarian jobs pay over �15K. I would be incredibly suprised if a qualified Librarian were earning under �10K, unless they were working part time!

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