U.S News and World Report just released its annual list of 31 careers with bright futures (i.e. that offer strong outlooks and high job satisfaction.) Librarians are listed as being part of that group. According to the description:
It’s an underrated career. Most librarians love helping patrons dig up information and, in the process, learning new things. Librarians may also go on shopping sprees, deciding which books and online resources to buy. They even get to put on performances, like children’s puppet shows, and run other programs, like book discussion groups for elders..
Librarians are actually on the list twice, as one of the other good jobs included on the list is Usability/User experience specialists (one of the training backgrounds they suggest for this job is library science).
- DD