- Equity of access
- Assessment & evaluation
- Funding 
- Work life
- The Public Library building
- Youth services 
- Reader services 
- Adult services
- Community outreach
- Technology
- Global perspectives


Topics in Public Librarianship

A profession that is responsible for providing access to information resources to users who want to learn and be informed at any public institution. 

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- Academic Librarianship
- Digital Librarianship
- Public Librarianship
- Special Librarianship
- Teacher Librarianship
- Youth Librarianship
- Prison Librarianship
- Research librarianship
- Law librarianship

Types of Librarianship

Information resources consist of content that comes in various physical and digital formats.

Information Resources

de la Pena McCook, K., &  Phenix, K. J. (2017). Public Librarianship. In Encyclopedia of library and information sciences (4th edition). Taylor & Francis.

Public Librarianship

de la Pena McCook, K., Bossaller, J. S., & Thomas, F. J. (2018). Introduction to public librarianship (3rd edition). ALA Neal-Schuman.

Introduction to Public Librarianship

A profession that is responsible for implementing information services for users at any academic institution. 

Academic Librarianship 

Special libraries include information centers that serve an audience interested in a specific field. Medical and Law libraries are primary examples of special libraries.

Special Librarianship

A profession that is responsible for providing services to youth at a public institution.

Youth Librarianship

A type of librarianship that has evolved with the progression of digital media and information. Digital librarians serve as a mediator between the user and digital information. 

Digital Librarianship

A type of librarianship that helps with the creation and management of libraries for K-12 schools. Teacher librarians collaborate with teachers, advocate for literacy, and act as information technology specialists to aid students.

Teacher Librarianship

A special type of librarianship that takes place inside a correctional facility, offering services to both inmates and staff. A prison librarian offers both recreational and educational resources.

Prison Librarianship

- Undergraduate degree can be earned in many fields, no specific requirements
- Master's degree in library science (MLS) or library science and information studies (MLIS), preferably from an ALA-accredited program
- For school librarians, meet state teaching requirements
- Networking via securing employment in public libraries, joining librarian interest groups through the ALA or social media, joining library science clubs at school

Path to Professional Librarianship

- Application Developer
- Archivist
- Collection Care Technician
- Communications specialist/Writer
- Conflicts Analyst
- Curator of Oral History
- Digital Initiatives Program Manager
- Document/Data Control Analyst
- Emerging Technology Librarian
- Information Technology Specialist
- Knowledge Center Head of Operations
- Library Product Manager
- Litigation Intelligence Analyst
- Production and Marketing Specialist
- Technology Hub Administrator
- Workflow Analyst/Programmer

Additional Titles in Librarianship

A profession responsible for connecting scholars to resources at a specialized research institution. 

Research Librarianship

The categorization, structure, and description of information resources to aid search. 

Information Organization in Libraries

- reference resources
- books and e-books
- scholarly peer reviewed journals
- databases
- library catalog
- magazines
- newspapers
- internet


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