Though posts and grades are well defined in this. profession, titles do not necessarily indicate the extent of responsibility held. Large public libraries could have a full staff for each department while in smaller private collections; one or two individuals might handle all the duties involved. In general, levels of functioning are:

Librarianship

LIBRARY ATTENDANT

Takes care of inter-library loans shelving books; processing bills; subscription renewals and
new memberships.

LIBRARY ASSISTANT

Main duties involve accession; shelf arrangements; levying of fines; maintenance and binding of books and other materials; location of missing books; and related technical work.

JUNIOR LIBRARIAN/SEMI-PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT

Works at the counter to receive and issue books; sends out reminders on overdue loans; looks after accessioning.

JUNIOR LIBRARIAN/PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT

Is responsible for accessioning; classification; cataloguing; ordering books; as well as handling computer data.

JUNIOR LIBRARIAN/ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN/LIBRARIAN

Selects and acquires books and material; takes care of reference services and computer programming; as well as supervision of semi-professional assistants.

DEPUTY LIBRARIAN

Oversees administration; supervision; and computer programming. 

LIBRARIAN

Is overall in charge of technical, administrative, and financial matters. Responsibilities include delegation of duties; library supervision and management; personnel administration; budgeting, classification and cataloguing; and recommendation of new acquisitions.

DIRECTOR/HEAD OF INFORMATION CENTRE

Works at the policy and planning level, and is responsible for the center's organization; coordination; control; leadership; external relations; supervision and administration. In information services, designations could be:

SENIOR INFORMATION ANALYST

Activities include processing of information, indexing, documentation etc.

SENIOR INFORMATION ANALYST

Assists senior analyst in all aspects of work.

INFORMATION ASSISTANT

Information transfers; processing; storage and dissemination of information under supervision of senior staff are the main tasks in this position.