The Role of Librarians

Excerpt from the blog pirathécaire

(http://pirathecaire.com/2009/11/17/he-les-biblioblogueurs-quebecois-chiche/)

The role of librarians is multiple. Yes, librarians are preoccupied to develop collections that reflect more accurately the needs of their clients, but they also work to:

■ develop optimally their local library;

■ manage their library's resources, from its budget to its logistics;

■ manage the computer systems of their library, particularly its integrated library management (which includes the catalog) and databases;

■ facilitate the identification of documents acquired by overseeing their indexing and classification;

■ assist their clients in finding information;

■ train their customers to information retrieval, better use of information, etc..;

■ animate their library;

■ promote their services, often unknown or misunderstood by their customers and therefore under-used;

■ support the document management of their organization;

■ ... and we pass, and best.