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Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach courses in library science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Also called: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Classification Instructor, Information Science Professor, Instructor, Lecturer

Median pay in Greater Boston
$80,850
Jobs in Greater Boston
40
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+7.1%
10 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
Doctoral or professional degree

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$49,750$68,420$80,850$104,740$106,670

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and present findings in professional journals, books, electronic media, or at professional conferences.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, giving presentations at conferences, and serving on committees in professional associations.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as collection development, archival methods, and indexing and abstracting.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Higher exposure87 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 95
  • Language-model AIOE 98
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 68

Observed AI use today: Little or none (Anthropic Economic Index)

AI exposure for this job is higher, which means AI tools could help with or change some tasks. Writing course materials, grading papers, and keeping up with research are the kinds of tasks they touch. So far, there is little or no observed AI use in this job. Teaching in person and guiding students stay with the instructor.

Likely to change

  • Drafting syllabi, handouts, and assignments
  • Grading papers and reviewing research literature

Still relies on people

  • Teaching and mentoring library science students
  • Judging research quality and sharing it with peers

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