As a Library Assistant, you will need to master following:

• analyse library users' queries
• assess informational needs
• classify library materials
• display library material
• instruct library users in digital literacy
• maintain library equipment
• maintain library inventory
• manage library users queries
• organise library material
• provide library information

More generally, a library assistant is also versed in:

• copyright legislation
• organise information

It also helps to know the following:

• apply for library funding
• assist in library facility planning
• buy new library items
• collection management
• compile library lists
• confer with library colleagues
• create semantic trees
• develop classification systems
• evaluate library materials
• manage digital libraries
• develop solutions to information issues
• digitise documents
• literature
• manage digital documents
• use databases
• use software for data preservation