About the Profession
Engaged in challenging careers, qualified information professionals are working in varied settings all over the globe. "Librarians held about 158,000 jobs in 2006. Most worked in school and academic libraries, but more than one-fourth worked in public libraries. The remainder worked in special libraries or as information professionals for companies and other organizations." (Occupational Outlook Handbook). With more than 50 percent of today’s gross national product related to the management of information, career opportunities for individuals trained in library and information science are abundant and diverse.
In this century and beyond, information professionals will have a wider than ever choice of where and how to apply their knowledge and abilities. Exciting career opportunities exist in both the public and private sectors, including business, law, medicine, publishing, government, archives and museums, communications and media, engineering, academic environments, and pre K-12 education.