Automation index
How much of a Librarian’s job can AI already do?
A catalogue and a source guide come earlier. Hosting a teenager, a researcher, and a silence do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Librarian
26%
AI can already do 26% of this job.
#193 / 633
View rankingLibrarian
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Catalogue, index and describe holdings.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 20% | 48% | +9.6 |
Guides, searches and reference answers.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Floor desk and reading mediation.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 15% | +2.7 |
Programme clubs, visits and training.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Preserve, digitise and decide what is bought.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
Library policy and use conflicts.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 16% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 26% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Catalogue, index and describe holdings
- Guides, searches and reference answers
- Floor desk and reading mediation
- Programme clubs, visits and training
- Library policy and use conflicts
- bibliotecari
- librarian
- documentalista
Sources for this job· O*NET 25-4022.00· ESCO/ISCO 2622
IS WORK OVER?
Postal worker
18%
#558 / 633
View rankingPostal worker
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Sort, rounds and postcodes.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Deliver, climb and hand over.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 24% | 8% | +1.9 |
Notices, recorded items and collections.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Neighbours, dogs and porters.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Moped, trolley and weather.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 16% | +2.2 |
Not losing a parcel or recorded mail.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 14% | +2 |
| Total | 100% | 18% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Sort, rounds and postcodes
- Deliver, climb and hand over
- Notices, recorded items and collections
- Neighbours, dogs and porters
- Moped, trolley and weather
- Not losing a parcel or recorded mail
- cartero
- cartera
- postal worker
Sources for this job· O*NET 43-5052.00· ESCO/ISCO 4412