Medical library assistant vs shelver

The differences between medical library assistants and shelvers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a medical library assistant has an average salary of $27,247, which is higher than the $24,091 average annual salary of a shelver.

The top three skills for a medical library assistant include medical library, interlibrary loan and literature searches. The most important skills for a shelver are library materials, dewey decimal system, and dvds.

Medical library assistant vs shelver overview

	Medical Library Assistant	Shelver
Yearly salary	$27,247	$24,091
Hourly rate	$13.10	$11.58
Growth rate	-4%	-4%
Number of jobs	74,733	409
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	-	-

Medical library assistant vs shelver salary

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

	Medical Library Assistant	Shelver
Average salary	$27,247	$24,091
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $35,000	Between $18,000 And $30,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between medical library assistant and shelver education

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

	Medical Library Assistant	Shelver
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Most common major	Nursing	English
Most common college	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Medical library assistant vs shelver demographics

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

	Medical Library Assistant	Shelver
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 27.6% Female, 72.4%	Male, 38.1% Female, 61.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.8% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.8% Asian, 6.1% White, 63.8% 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 medical library assistant and shelver duties and responsibilities

Medical library assistant example responsibilities.

Conduct literature searches for patron using Internet resources including pubm, Medline, NLM, InfoTrac, and Docline.
Receive, verify, and enter article and book requests using computerize systems (Docline and JerseyCat).
Help troubleshoot technology relate issues.
Assess and discard non-fiction collections as assigned.

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.

Medical library assistant vs shelver skills

Common medical library assistant skills

Medical Library, 26%
Interlibrary Loan, 21%
Literature Searches, 18%
Data Entry, 9%
Docline, 9%
Statistical Data, 6%

Common shelver skills

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