Library assistant vs shelver

The differences between library assistants and shelvers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a library assistant has an average salary of $30,146, which is higher than the $24,091 average annual salary of a shelver.

The top three skills for a library assistant include customer service, library materials and circulation desk. The most important skills for a shelver are library materials, dewey decimal system, and dvds.

Library assistant vs shelver overview

	Library Assistant	Shelver
Yearly salary	$30,146	$24,091
Hourly rate	$14.49	$11.58
Growth rate	-4%	-4%
Number of jobs	1,122	409
Job satisfaction	5	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	-	-

Library assistant vs shelver salary

Library assistants and shelvers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Library Assistant	Shelver
Average salary	$30,146	$24,091
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $39,000	Between $18,000 And $30,000
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 library assistant and shelver education

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

	Library Assistant	Shelver
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Most common major	Business	English
Most common college	Northwestern University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Library assistant vs shelver demographics

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

	Library Assistant	Shelver
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 29.0% Female, 71.0%	Male, 38.1% Female, 61.9%
Race ratio	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%	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% Asian, 5.0% White, 64.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between library assistant and shelver duties and responsibilities

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.

Shelver example responsibilities.

Assist patrons in their searches and shelve books, DVDs, CDs, and audiobooks.
Shelve all library material (books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, audio-books, etc . )
Shelve fiction, large print and new books.
Improve the layout plan of the adult fiction section.
Process internal and external inter-library loan requests for fiction and non-fiction titles and digital media.
Process internal and external inter-library loan requests for fiction and non-fiction titles and digital media.

Library assistant vs shelver skills

Common library assistant skills

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

Common shelver skills

Library Materials, 29%
Dewey Decimal System, 8%
DVDs, 7%
Book Displays, 5%
Customer Service, 5%
Shelve Books, 5%