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# Market evidence report — librarian
Source: **59 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 59), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-15.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
## Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 33 | 56 % |
| n/a | 13 | 22 % |
| junior | 8 | 14 % |
| senior | 3 | 5 % |
| lead | 2 | 3 % |
## Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Office | 6 | 10 % |
## Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collection development | 10 | 17 % |
| 2 | cataloging | 9 | 15 % |
| 3 | customer service | 7 | 12 % |
| 4 | instructional design | 6 | 10 % |
| 5 | reference assistance | 6 | 10 % |
| 6 | reference services | 6 | 10 % |
| 7 | information literacy instruction | 5 | 8 % |
| 8 | budget management | 4 | 7 % |
| 9 | collection management | 4 | 7 % |
| 10 | data analysis | 4 | 7 % |
| 11 | library collection maintenance | 4 | 7 % |
| 12 | metadata creation | 4 | 7 % |
| 13 | problem solving | 4 | 7 % |
| 14 | program planning | 4 | 7 % |
| 15 | research assistance | 4 | 7 % |
| 16 | curriculum development | 3 | 5 % |
| 17 | project management | 3 | 5 % |
| 18 | record keeping | 3 | 5 % |
| 19 | record maintenance | 3 | 5 % |
## Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
## Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | collection maintenance | 6 | 10 % |
| 2 | patron assistance | 5 | 8 % |
| 3 | report preparation | 4 | 7 % |
| 4 | community engagement | 3 | 5 % |
| 5 | instruction delivery | 3 | 5 % |
| 6 | staff training | 3 | 5 % |
## Regional breakdown
> **Corpus note:** 59 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
### US (us)
59 ads.
**Top hard skills:**
- collection development — 17 % (10 ads)
- cataloging — 15 % (9 ads)
- customer service — 12 % (7 ads)
- instructional design — 10 % (6 ads)
- reference assistance — 10 % (6 ads)
- reference services — 10 % (6 ads)
- information literacy instruction — 8 % (5 ads)
- budget management — 7 % (4 ads)
- collection management — 7 % (4 ads)
- data analysis — 7 % (4 ads)
**Top tools:**
- Microsoft Office — 10 % (6 ads)
- ArchivesSpace — 3 % (2 ads)
- EndNote — 3 % (2 ads)
- Ex Libris Alma — 3 % (2 ads)
- Ex Libris ALMA/Primo — 3 % (2 ads)
- integrated library system — 3 % (2 ads)
- integrated library system (ILS) — 3 % (2 ads)
- learning management system — 3 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 3 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 3 % (2 ads)
**Seniority:** mid 56 % · n/a 22 % · junior 14 % · senior 5 % · lead 3 %
### UK (gb)
**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
## Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Librarian | 4 |
| Library Assistant | 3 |
| Reference & Instruction Librarian | 3 |
| Cataloging Librarian | 2 |
| (.6) Library Media Assistant (Part-time) (2026 - 2027 SY) | 1 |
| 2026-27 Librarian (K through 8th Grade) | 1 |
| Acquisition Librarian | 1 |
| Administrative Law Research Librarian Policy & Reference | 1 |
| Biomedical Reference Librarian | 1 |
| Children & Teen Librarian | Programs & Outreach | 1 |
| CHILDREN'S AND TEEN LIBRARIAN | 1 |
| Community Library Assistant - Part-Time (Evenings/Weekends) | 1 |
| Consortial Systems Librarian | 1 |
| Digital Curation Librarian | 1 |
| Digital Services Librarian | 1 |
| Electronic Resources Librarian: AI Tools & Access | 1 |
| Elementary Library Assistant: Welcome, Shelve & Help Readers | 1 |
| Evening Reference Librarian | 1 |
| Exciting Opportunity: Library Assistant Alexandria VA | 1 |
| Hybrid Reference & Research Librarian | 1 |
| Librarian - Adult 37.5 | 1 |
| Librarian - Assistant Director of Access Services | 1 |
| Librarian (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence) (Vacancy#:VAR003326) | 1 |
| Librarian (Systems): Lead Library Platform & Global Access | 1 |
| Librarian I (Adult-Teen Services- Full-Time), Grade 21 | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.