What You'll Do

  • 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.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.

Essential Skills

Instructing 4.25/5
Reading Comprehension 4.12/5
Speaking 4.12/5
Active Listening 4.0/5
Writing 4.0/5
Critical Thinking 4.0/5
Active Learning 4.0/5
Learning Strategies 4.0/5
Monitoring 4.0/5
Complex Problem Solving 3.62/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.25/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.25/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Helper: Supporting people and making a difference matters to you.
  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.

Common styles

Intellectual Curiosity, Dependability, Social Orientation, Cooperation, Integrity

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Comprehension 4.25/5
Written Comprehension 4.25/5
Oral Expression 4.25/5
Written Expression 4.0/5
Speech Clarity 4.0/5
Deductive Reasoning 3.88/5
Inductive Reasoning 3.88/5
Near Vision 3.88/5

Technologies & Tools

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library Blackboard Learn C++ Calendar and scheduling software Collaborative editing software Course management system software Customer relationship management CRM software Database management system software Desire2Learn LMS software DOC Cop EBSCO Information Services Academic Search Premier EBSCO Information Services Library Literature and Information Science Index EBSCO Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts LISTSA EBSCO OmniFile FullText Mega Elsevier ScienceDirect Email software Emerald Insight Emerald Management Xtra Enterprise resource planning ERP software Extensible markup language XML

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Intellectual Curiosity (High importance: 4.81/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.53/5)
  • Social Orientation (High importance: 4.49/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.35/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.33/5)

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How to Become One

This career requires extensive preparation, typically including a graduate degree (Master's or Doctoral) and several years of experience. Most professionals in this field have invested significant time in education and training.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Assistant Professor Associate Professor Classification Instructor College Faculty Member College Professor Film and Media Program Instructor Information Science Professor Instructor Lecturer Library Instructor Library Professor Library Science Professor Library Technology Instructor Medical Record Librarians Teacher Medical Records Library Professor Professor University Faculty Member

Career Fit FAQs

Is this career a good fit for me

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Can this help if I want to stay in my field

Yes. Many people use career pages like this to compare nearby roles in the same field and see whether they need a full switch or a better-fit version of the work they already know.

What should I compare first

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