Aardvark

You'll need to define "traditional," but typically people mean this to be in the pubic or academic career path. This applies to both librarianship and archival world.

With that being said, you could do the following with a MLIS degree (and including if you got an archival certificate):

- Information Architectecht - User/Usabillity Experience Design - Datamining - Cataloging (Original and copy) - Web design (I mention this because a portion of MLIS programs now offer/require web design classes since so many "traditional" libraries need people with web programming background) - Taxonomy/Folksonomy specialist - Digital librarianship/archival work (working in mainly digital formats, for preservation/cataloging/creation/etc) - Conservationist - Project management - Content development - Knowledge management - Records management - Consultation on any of the above

These are just the tip of the ice berg, but should be enough to whet your appetite.

You can also go into specializations, such as being trained specifically for youth orientated, urban libraries, etc etc. There is also special libraries, which tend to be libraries in hospitals, businesses, law firms, museums, historical societies, etc that may require or will require additional educations. For example, to work in a law library, many firms are now requiring a JD as well as the MLIS.

-lisa Class of '10 Wayne State School of Library and Information Science

thank you so much- this is a great answer and very, very helpful!

You're welcome! Let me know if any more questions - I'm not going into "traditional" library myself!