Examples of other special libraries would be those for law, medicine, businesses and corporations, financial information, newspapers, and music. Special librarians are information resource experts dedicated to putting knowledge to work to attain the goals of their organizations. They are employed most frequently by corporations, private businesses, government agencies, museums, colleges, hospitals, associations, and management consulting firms. Today's special librarians do far more than locate and collect data. Using the Internet and other current technology, they also evaluate, analyze, organize, package, and present information in a way that maximizes its usefulness.
Special librarians facilitate better decision-making.
They also save money. Extensive research has shown that special libraries are likely to save several times their cost of operation by reducing the time that employees have to spend to acquire needed information. That's time that can be spent on the employees' primary duties. Librarians on the NASA Glenn Technical Library's staff are members of the Special Librarians Association, which is an international professional association that represents nearly 15,000 information experts. Find out more about this association .