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Competences — library assistant

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/37b15470-3b2d-4ae0-816c-c7c06ed15c99).

Essential

  • analyse library users' queries (skill/competence)
  • arrange interlibrary loans (skill/competence)
  • assess informational needs (skill/competence)
  • classify library materials (skill/competence)
  • copyright legislation (knowledge)
  • display library material (skill/competence)
  • instruct library users in digital literacy (skill/competence)
  • maintain library equipment (skill/competence)
  • maintain library inventory (skill/competence)
  • manage library users queries (skill/competence)
  • organise information (skill/competence)
  • organise library material (skill/competence)
  • provide library information (skill/competence)

Optional

  • apply for library funding (skill/competence)
  • assist in library facility planning (skill/competence)
  • buy new library items (skill/competence)
  • collection management (knowledge)
  • compile library lists (skill/competence)
  • confer with library colleagues (skill/competence)
  • create semantic trees (skill/competence)
  • develop classification systems (skill/competence)
  • develop solutions to information issues (skill/competence)
  • digitise documents (skill/competence)
  • digitization (knowledge)
  • evaluate library materials (skill/competence)
  • literature (knowledge)
  • manage digital documents (skill/competence)
  • manage digital libraries (skill/competence)
  • manage overdue library materials (skill/competence)
  • select new library items to acquire (skill/competence)
  • use databases (skill/competence)
  • use software for data preservation (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 37 ads, as of 2026-07-15)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • customer service — 57 %
  • collection maintenance — 22 %
  • computer assistance — 19 %
  • data entry — 19 %

Responsibilities

  • customer assistance — 22 %