Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in library science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Most important skills
- Instructing
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Learning Strategies
Key knowledge
- English Language
- Education and Training
- Computers and Electronics
- Customer and Personal Service
- Communications and Media
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Psychology
- Administration and Management
What the work involves
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as collection development, archival methods, and indexing and abstracting.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Social, Investigative, Conventional.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Doctoral Degree (65.2% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (27%)
- On-the-job training
- None or short demonstration (33%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 5: Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Moderate | Lower on contact with others than 54% of occupations compared | — |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Lower on dealing with the public than 58% of occupations compared | 30% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | Moderate | Higher on teamwork than 50% of occupations compared | 55% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very high | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 97% of occupations compared | 88% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Low | Lower on time pressure than 71% of occupations compared | 37% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Conflict situations | Moderate | Lower on conflict situations than 51% of occupations compared | 31% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Moderate | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 52% of occupations compared | 55% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 94% of occupations compared | 48% of surveyed respondents chose “Not serious at all” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: low
- Conflict situations: moderate
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: moderate
- Consequence of error: very low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 4.21%
- Contact with others about half the time: 9.45%
- Contact with others most of the time: 34.72%
- Constant contact with others: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 25.35%
- Fairly important: 8.21%
- Important: 15.25%
- Very important: 21.11%
- Extremely important: 30.08%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 4.21%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 11.87%
- Very important: 29.06%
- Extremely important: 54.86%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 2.04%
- Some freedom: 10.13%
- A lot of freedom: 87.83%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Time pressure
- Never: 4.21%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 11.44%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 27.15%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 36.94%
- Every day: 20.25%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Conflict situations
- Never: 15.88%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 24.89%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 30.72%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 18.39%
- Every day: 10.13%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 11.02%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 19.83%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 54.82%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 14.34%
- Every day: 0%
n = 19, Incumbent 08/2019
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 48.26%
- Fairly serious: 35.42%
- Serious: 4.36%
- Very serious: 0%
- Extremely serious: 11.97%
n = 17, Incumbent 08/2019
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