COLLEGE LIBRARY ASSISTANT I - PART TIME
KENNEDY-KING COLLEGE
The Library of Kennedy-King College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, seeks a College Library Assistant I - Part-Time to perform a range of clerical and customer assistance duties to support the daily operations of the College's library to include: assisting library patrons /students in locating and accessing library resources; answering questions and directing users; shelving and organizing books and materials; and maintaining the library's physical and digital resources. Performs related duties as required.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
CIRCULATION:
- Assists library patrons in-person, via email, and over the phone in locating and accessing library resources.
- Staffs circulation/reserve desks and answers questions; directs patrons to library's collections and refers to Librarian for more in-depth assistance; and performs related activities.
- Uses the library's automated system to charge and discharge books and materials; check status of outstanding/delinquent items; and update students' library account records.
- Assists patrons in using the on-line catalog and resources; reserves/schedules study rooms; and helps locate and retrieve books/materials.
- Processes inter-library loan requests by retrieving, packaging, and sending books/materials to appropriate CCC campus library. Notifies patrons of received loan requests.
- Searches stacks by call number for requested books; pulls and places books on hold for pick-up.
- Assists and offers guidance in the basic use of library equipment such as printers, photocopiers, scanning, and access to public computers.
- May provide guidance to work study students staffing the circulation/reserve desk.
- Conducts library walk-throughs to ensure space is used as a place of study and rules are followed.
MAINTENANCE OF LIBRARY COLLECTION:
- Assists with placing books on course reserve each semester. Places books in the appropriate order in the reserve section and returns books to general circulation as directed.
- Shelves new and returned books and materials; conducts shelf reads to regularly maintain call number order; searches for mis-shelved items; and maintains overall orderliness of the library shelves.
- Shifts books and shelves and weeds materials out of circulation as directed by Librarians.
- Participates with taking inventory of the library collection.
- Prepares new books and materials for circulation; applies call number labels and pocket cards; places security tags; and stamps books and materials with library name.
- Scans bar codes and enters data to update library system with new acquisitions and deletes records of items weeded from the collection to maintain accurate records and update inventory.
- Mends and performs routine repairs on damaged books and materials.
OTHER:
- Assists in opening and closing library.
- Empties book drop and returns books/materials to circulation.
- Maintains routine records including daily gate counts; study room usage; and related library data.
- Troubleshoots and performs routine maintenance to printers and photocopiers.
- Assists in receiving and checking shipments of new books, materials and supplies against packing slips and invoices for accuracy and completeness of deliveries.
- Assists with setting up library displays and preparing signage.
- May assist with copy cataloging; locates and downloads bibliographic records from Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).
- May assist with preparing paperwork and processing intra-library loan requests as directed.
- May assist in the training of work study students and new Library Assistants as directed.
- Performs related duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Graduation from high school or equivalency certificate (GED).
- One year of general clerical or data entry experience.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience maybe taken into consideration.
- Must be able to demonstrate basic computer literacy.
- Knowledge of alphabetical and numerical organization of records/materials.
- Some knowledge of office and general clerical library procedures.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Customer service skills.
- Ability to learn and navigate library's on-line catalog and related library databases.
- Some skill in using Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel).
SALARY AND BENEFITS INFORMATION:
Salary Range: $17.05 per hour
Offered salary will be determined by the respective collective bargaining agreement and applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.
Benefits information is found at https://www.ccc.edu/departments/Benefits/
This part-time position is represented by Local 1708 Union.
We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Thank you for your interest in CCC!
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