# Competences — library assistant

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/37b15470-3b2d-4ae0-816c-c7c06ed15c99).

## Essential

- **analyse library users' queries** (skill/competence)
- **arrange interlibrary loans** (skill/competence)
- **assess informational needs** (skill/competence)
- **classify library materials** (skill/competence)
- **copyright legislation** (knowledge)
- **display library material** (skill/competence)
- **instruct library users in digital literacy** (skill/competence)
- **maintain library equipment** (skill/competence)
- **maintain library inventory** (skill/competence)
- **manage library users queries** (skill/competence)
- **organise information** (skill/competence)
- **organise library material** (skill/competence)
- **provide library information** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- apply for library funding (skill/competence)
- assist in library facility planning (skill/competence)
- buy new library items (skill/competence)
- collection management (knowledge)
- compile library lists (skill/competence)
- confer with library colleagues (skill/competence)
- create semantic trees (skill/competence)
- develop classification systems (skill/competence)
- develop solutions to information issues (skill/competence)
- digitise documents (skill/competence)
- digitization (knowledge)
- evaluate library materials (skill/competence)
- literature (knowledge)
- manage digital documents (skill/competence)
- manage digital libraries (skill/competence)
- manage overdue library materials (skill/competence)
- select new library items to acquire (skill/competence)
- use databases (skill/competence)
- use software for data preservation (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 37 ads, as of 2026-07-15)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- customer service — **57 %**
- collection maintenance — **22 %**
- computer assistance — **19 %**
- data entry — **19 %**

### Responsibilities

- customer assistance — **22 %**

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