I saw the following job advertised by Bedfordshire County Council:
Ref: EBCC940/EB/int
Vacancy: Resources Assistant (Cataloguing) – Library Resources, County Hall
Scale 1/2 �10,872 – �14,106 pa (provisional grade)Job Description: Bedfordshire Libraries
Required to work 37 hours per week alongside the Cataloguing Team in the Library Resources section of Bedfordshire Libraries.
The post involves cataloguing fiction books, some audio-visual items, and assisting in the maintenance of the Local Clubs and Societies database. Some experience of using ICT and the ability to move and lift boxes of books is essential. Training will be given.
Note particularly the following:
- The specialised information skills required, the years of tertiary education culminating in an MA with a specialism in cataloguing and metadata:
Some experience of using ICT and the ability to move and lift boxes of books is essential. Training will be given.
Luckily I do have experience of moving boxes, but this wasn’t part of the course. - The pay commensurate with a professional post.
I’m sure CILIP will be pleased with this state of affairs. The post works alongside a “Cataloguing Team” so I’m probably being unfair, but it does say cataloguing fiction books, some audio-visual items
. We require a degree, a postgraduate qualification, and several years experience for a job like that, even for copy cataloguing.