Also called: Cataloger
Describes books, films, and digital items so they can be found in library catalogs.
Catalogs a box of rare foreign-language books, assigns subject headings, and fixes thousands of messy records with a script.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. A bachelor's in any field, then a two-year ALA-accredited Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) with cataloging courses.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Library Science, Languages.
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years). Estimate.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI now generates basic catalog records; fewer catalogers will handle rare, foreign-language and complex items.
Classes: A second language, AP English Language, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-4022.
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