Card index clerk

Library clerks issue and receive library materials, sort and shelve books, sound and video recordings, periodicals, magazines and newspapers, and provide general library information to users.

• issuing and receiving library books and other materials;
• shelving books and other library materials;
• performing clerical support activities, including maintaining manual and electronic card catalogues, and word processing and typing where necessary;
• maintaining subscriptions to periodicals;
• assisting users in finding basic library materials and borrowing books from other libraries;
• maintaining library records related to the acquisition, issue and return of books and other materials.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Card catalogue clerk
• Collections keeper, museum/art gallery
• Worker, library