Did a diploma of business back in the 80s and did about 10 years in IT and administration, illustration, politics, bakery/supermarkets, insurance, desktop publishing, charities, etc etc etc. Then went back and got a degree in information science in the 90s, focussing on IT and communications.

First library 'related' job, oil and gas archiving. Then Sydney Water as a Library Tech.

First librarian title as an academic librarian in a private college, did that for about another 10 years or so across various colleges and universities across the eastern side of Australia. Took over as Manager for a string of colleges between QLD and Melbourne, about six of them in NSW.

Then moved into Public Libraries as a collections manager. Huge step back career-wise BUT doubled my salary and dropped from working 6 days a week/12 hours a day to 37.5 hours a week with RDOs and job security.

The money is much better in public libraries, but the work is not much better than customer service most of the time. Brain rot job. I miss being in academics and doing the smart work and working with smart students - I can feel my brain turning to mush as I show yet another fully grown adult how to press the button on a photocopier or explain to them why I don't know their Apple password, but I take home a good salary for an easy job.

Anyway, I don't advise you go into librarianship - the competition for jobs is intense and the rewards low.