One thing that doesn't compete with the libschool folks: cataloguing in a locally uncommon language. Near me, not only grad students but the occasional undergrad who is competent reading a language for which current staff support fails to suffice have been hired to do part-time copy cataloguing. If they could find non-students (i.e., individuals with the knowledge and without the habit of leaving once their degrees are finished), they'd hire them as part-time contractors.

In sovay's neighborhood the scarcity issues may be less dire (more colleges, and colleges draw a wide variety of individuals), but then, there are also more libraries around....