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Library Assistant

OFO Code: 441101

Last checked 3 October 2026

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1. Occupation identity

OFO code
441101
Occupation
Library Assistant
Classification
OFO 2021
Major group
CLERICAL SUPPORT WORKERS
Unit group
4411 · Library Clerks

Official description
Library clerks issue and receive library materials, sort and shelve books, sound and vision recordings, periodicals, journals, magazines and newspapers and provide general library information to library users.

More official OFO detail

Specialisations: Circulation Assistant, Repository Assistant, Records Coordinator / Officer, Heritage Collection Assistant, Indexing Assistant, Document Services Coordinator, Interloans Assistant, Library Clerk / Officer, Documentation Officer, Library Attendant, Reference Assistant / Officer, Library Shelver / Retrieval Assistant, Knowledge Online Coordinator, Archive Assistant, Indexer, Cataloguing Clerk / Officer, Executive Officer Library, Manuscripts Assistant

  • Maintaining journal subscriptions
  • Maintaining library records relating to the acquisition, issue and return of books and other materials
  • Performing clerical activities such as manual and electronic filing, word processing and occasional typing
  • Issuing and receiving library books and other materials
  • Assisting library users in accessing basic library materials and making interlibrary loans
  • Reshelving books and other library materials

2. Demand status

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