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Library software

Technology category · O*NET

Library software is a technology category in the O*NET database. Across U.S. occupations, 6 report using software or tools in this category. The named products below are the specific examples O*NET records for those jobs. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 59th percentile of AI task-exposure ( moderate) — how much that work overlaps with what AI can do, not a sign the tool is being replaced. See where every tool category sits.

A Hot tag marks technologies O*NET sees frequently in employer job postings; In demand marks tools an occupation specifically requires.

Example software & tools

Ranked by how many occupations list each product. Each number is an occupation count — a job is counted once per product — so the product rows overlap and do not sum to the category total.

Software / tool Occupations Tags
Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) databases 3
WorldCat 3
Dynix Digital Library 2
Ex Libris Group Voyager 2
Innovative Interfaces Millennium 2
National Library of Medicine DOCLINE 2
SirsiDynix Symphony 2
WebClarity Software BookWhere 2
Automated circulation systems 1
CATNYP 1
Cataloging software 1
Computer access catalog software 1
EBSCO Information Services Academic Search Premier 1
EBSCO Information Services Library Literature and Information Science Index 1
EBSCO Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts LISTSA 1
EBSCO OmniFile FullText Mega 1
Electronic Online Systems International EOS.Web 1
Elsevier ScienceDirect 1
Emerald Insight Emerald Management Xtra 1
Houchen Bindery Library Automated Retrieval System LARS 1
ITHAKA JSTOR 1
Infovision Amlib 1
Inmagic Genie 1
Kelowna Software L4U 1
Library of Congress online databases 1
MC2 Systems Auto Librarian 1
OCLC ILLiad 1
Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science ODLIS 1
PrimaSoft PC Small Library Organizer Pro 1
ProQuest ABI/INFORM Global 1
ProQuest ERIC 1
ProQuest Library and Information Science Abstracts LISA 1
RCL Software Media Library Manager 1
ResourceMate Plus 1
Surpass management system software 1
Thomson Reuters Web of Science 1
Ulrichsweb 1

Occupations that use Library software

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 6 occupations in occupations that use Library software. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Print Binding and Finishing Workers Library Assistants, Clerical Paralegals and Legal Assistants Library Technicians Librarians and Media Collections Specialists Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Library software, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How AI is used by roles that use Library software

A software category is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles that report using Library software and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles, weighted by how much observed AI activity each one has. 66.7% of the 6 roles that use this category carry observed AI-usage data (4 roles).

Across those roles, 62.1% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 34.0% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.00 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
task iteration 36.4% you and AI go back and forth
directive 32.9% AI does it; you give the instruction
validation 13.2% you do it; AI checks your work
learning 12.6% you ask AI to explain or teach
feedback loop 1.1% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback

Roles behind this signal

The roles using this category that have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.

Occupation Works with AI Autonomy
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 66.2% 3.0/5
Library Technicians 37.0% 3.0/5
Library Assistants, Clerical 41.5% 3.0/5
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 51.9% 3.0/5

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. Roles list software categories in O*NET; this does not mean AI is used inside Library software, only that people in those roles use AI. Some conversations are left unclassified, so shares need not sum to 100.

Industries that concentrate this

Where Library software matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly use Library software (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5, or report using the tool category). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.

Nationally, about 0.4% of workers are in occupations that significantly use Library software (measured across 29 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 288,720 2.7%
Educational Services 123,390 0.9%
Manufacturing 32,930 0.3%
Information 22,450 0.8%
Finance and Insurance 11,060 0.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises 7,360 0.3%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 6,700 0.1%
Health Care and Social Assistance 3,720 0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 2,370 0.1%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 1,530 0.1%
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 1,500 0.1%
Wholesale Trade 1,030 0.0%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Sector 6.75× 2.7%
Educational Services Sector 2.25× 0.9%
Information Sector 0.8%
Manufacturing Sector 0.75× 0.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises Sector 0.75× 0.3%
Finance and Insurance Sector 0.5× 0.2%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services Sector 0.25× 0.1%

Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Library software." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/tools/library-software

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Singulariki. (2026). Library software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/tools/library-software

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  title  = {Library software},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tools/library-software}
}

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