– The purpose of this paper is to compare the traditional librarian positions with intelligence analyst positions.
– Opinion.
– Similarities outnumber differences, and borrowing vocabulary and skills could benefit both, especially regarding long-term planning and spending in academic libraries.
– Comparing salaries, management structure and possibilities for advancement would be interesting points of study.
– A literature search for comparing librarians with intelligence analysts revealed, in part, a 2013 lecture at the annual Special Libraries Association conference by Edna Reid, and a 2012 article from the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science on incorporating aspects of intelligence analysis into library school curricula.
