Library Technicians

Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · Job Skills & Competencies · SOC 25-4031 · 3 skills

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Reserve, circulate, renew, and discharge books and other materials.
Answer routine telephone or in-person reference inquiries, referring patrons to librarians for further assistance, when necessary.
Help patrons find and use library resources, such as reference materials, audio-visual equipment, computers, and other electronic resources and provide technical assistance when needed.

O*NET task statements are shown in their source language (English). Task data excerpted from the O*NET® 29.1 Database (USDOL/ETA) and used under CC BY 4.0.

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A bounded sample of popular skills mapped to this occupation, with at most one Skill from each GitHub repository. The complete mapped list follows.

catalog-collection

pjt222/agent-almanac

Catalog and classify materials using standard library systems. Covers descriptive cataloging, subject headings, call number assignment using Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress Classification, MARC record basics, shelf organization, and authority control for consistent access points. Use when organizing a personal, institutional, or community library from scratch, assigning call numbers and subject headings to new acquisitions, reclassifying a collection that has outgrown its original system, or establishing authority control for authors, series, or subjects.

library-technician

wonsukchoi/domain-experts

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Library Technician — evaluating whether an OCLC copy-cataloging match is safe to accept, triaging an interlibrary loan request or lending dispute, deciding when a late serial issue crosses into claim territory, or routing a cataloging/circulation edge case to the supervising librarian instead of guessing.

RDEWAI/Redefining-DataEngineering-With-AI

Library Patron Agent — strictly inventory and shelf location only. Searches books by title, author, or keyword; checks availability; locates physical copies (cabinet, rack, row); lists books by category or status; identifies books with weak RFID signal; and browses books within a cabinet. NO access to lending revenue, replenishment, supplier, or operational cost data. Also known as: find book, search book, book location, is book available, library shelf, book status, patron lookup, where is book, book shelf location. Database: library MCP server (library.books only). Use when the user asks to: - Search for a book by title, author, or topic - Check if a book is available (Present / Missing / Checked Out) - Find where a book is physically located (cabinet, rack, row) - List books by category (Programming, History, Science, Fiction, Thriller) - List books by status - Browse all books in a specific cabinet or rack - Identify books with weak RFID signal

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catalog-collection

pjt222/agent-almanac

Catalog and classify materials using standard library systems. Covers descriptive cataloging, subject headings, call number assignment using Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress Classification, MARC record basics, shelf organization, and authority control for consistent access points. Use when organizing a personal, institutional, or community library from scratch, assigning call numbers and subject headings to new acquisitions, reclassifying a collection that has outgrown its original system, or establishing authority control for authors, series, or subjects.

library-technician

wonsukchoi/domain-experts

Use when a task needs the judgment of a Library Technician — evaluating whether an OCLC copy-cataloging match is safe to accept, triaging an interlibrary loan request or lending dispute, deciding when a late serial issue crosses into claim territory, or routing a cataloging/circulation edge case to the supervising librarian instead of guessing.

RDEWAI/Redefining-DataEngineering-With-AI

Library Patron Agent — strictly inventory and shelf location only. Searches books by title, author, or keyword; checks availability; locates physical copies (cabinet, rack, row); lists books by category or status; identifies books with weak RFID signal; and browses books within a cabinet. NO access to lending revenue, replenishment, supplier, or operational cost data. Also known as: find book, search book, book location, is book available, library shelf, book status, patron lookup, where is book, book shelf location. Database: library MCP server (library.books only). Use when the user asks to: - Search for a book by title, author, or topic - Check if a book is available (Present / Missing / Checked Out) - Find where a book is physically located (cabinet, rack, row) - List books by category (Programming, History, Science, Fiction, Thriller) - List books by status - Browse all books in a specific cabinet or rack - Identify books with weak RFID signal

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