Administrative library assistant vs library assistant

The differences between administrative library assistants and library assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an administrative library assistant has an average salary of $39,643, which is higher than the $30,146 average annual salary of a library assistant.

The top three skills for an administrative library assistant include library materials, data entry and meeting minutes. The most important skills for a library assistant are customer service, library materials, and circulation desk.

Administrative library assistant vs library assistant overview

	Administrative Library Assistant	Library Assistant
Yearly salary	$39,643	$30,146
Hourly rate	$19.06	$14.49
Growth rate	-4%	-4%
Number of jobs	36,264	1,122
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	-	-

Administrative library assistant vs library assistant salary

Administrative library assistants and library assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Administrative Library Assistant	Library Assistant
Average salary	$39,643	$30,146
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $52,000	Between $22,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	-	Brookline, MA
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Columbia University in the City of New York
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between administrative library assistant and library assistant education

There are a few differences between an administrative library assistant and a library assistant in terms of educational background:

	Administrative Library Assistant	Library Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Administrative library assistant vs library assistant demographics

Here are the differences between administrative library assistants' and library assistants' demographics:

	Administrative Library Assistant	Library Assistant
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 23.9% Female, 76.1%	Male, 29.0% Female, 71.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% Asian, 6.3% White, 62.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 10.5% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 6.4% White, 63.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between administrative library assistant and library assistant duties and responsibilities

Administrative library assistant example responsibilities.

Support medical doctors, manage sensitive and confidential records pertaining to high risk patients with emphasis on accuracy.
Perform clerical activities, such as answering phones, check-in and check-out reading material, update library database.
Assist classes in using computers for class projects such as PowerPoint presentations-using word for reports etc.
Prepare PowerPoint presentations as part of government contract proposals.
Perform elementary descriptive cataloging using automate bibliographic database.
Use OCLC to locate sources, verify holdings and order books and articles for the university patrons.

Library assistant example responsibilities.

Organize and check in newly arrive reference materials, magazines, newspapers, and journals.
Assist with processing acquisitions, collection maintenance and development, retro- cataloging, copy cataloging.
Process and track inter-library loans and donations.
Set up user accounts and user rights in windows.
Process magazines and annual reports for the circulation department.
Re-Serve, circulate, check-in / check-out and renew books.

Administrative library assistant vs library assistant skills

Common administrative library assistant skills

Library Materials, 11%
Data Entry, 10%
Meeting Minutes, 7%
Circulation Desk, 5%
Library Services, 5%
Administrative Tasks, 5%

Common library assistant skills

Customer Service, 16%
Library Materials, 15%
Circulation Desk, 7%
Library Patrons, 4%
Library Services, 4%
Library Resources, 3%

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