Library Specialist

Title: Library Specialist

Agency: Rappahannock Community College

Location: Richmond (City) - 760

FLSA: Nonexempt

Hiring Range: The anticipated hourly pay rate will be $15.00 - $21.00 per hour, commensurate with experience.

Full Time or Part Time: Part Time

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Job Description:

Rappahannock Community College (RCC), founded in 1970, provides high-quality educational and training opportunities throughout a 12-county service region an hour east of Richmond on the beautiful western shore of the Chesapeake Bay with access to fresh local seafood and water activities. RCC delivers accessible and affordable educational opportunities, including for-credit transfer and career technical programs, robust distance education coursework, quality dual enrollment courses, and award-winning workforce training and credentialing programs. RCC's annualized enrollment of 3,700 credit students in 2024-2025 and almost 800 workforce and community development students are supported by almost 140 full-time employees and over 200 part-time/adjunct employees across two main campuses and five satellite sites.

Are you someone who wants to help students achieve their educational and professional dreams?

RCC seeks applicants for our Library Specialist position at our Warsaw campus. This is a 29-hour per week, part-time staff position without benefits. The anticipated hourly pay rate will be $15.00 - $21.00 per hour, commensurate with experience. The incumbent will need to work a late shift until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesdays as well as occasional Saturdays.

Reporting to the Coordinator of Learning Resources, this position will provide circulation and basic reference services to students, faculty and community patrons. High-quality customer service is essential for success in this position.

Duties include:

• Delivering friendly and effective customer service to all library patrons, including students, faculty, community members, and college staff.
• Maintaining a high degree of professionalism during interpersonal communications.
• Using the Alma Library Management System to perform circulation duties, including creating new patron accounts and checking in/out library materials.
• Assisting students, faculty, and staff with the creation of RCC ID Cards.
• Using SharePoint to make and modify study room reservations.
• Assisting library patrons with the use of computers and software applications, including word processing software, web browsers, and online forms.
• Assisting library patrons with the use of copiers, printers, and scanners.
• Communicating library policies and guidelines to library patrons.
• Using electronic and print information sources to answer basic reference questions.
• Troubleshooting library technology to find solutions to technology problems.
• Assisting the Circulation Manager and the Acquisitions Manager with circulation and acquisitions-related duties, including shelving and organizing library materials, creating displays, and other duties as assigned.
• Assisting with Interlibrary Loan as needed.
• Assisting with the overdue notification and billing process as needed.
• Opening and closing the library on time.
• Accurately following library procedures, library policies, and library guidelines.
• Maintaining familiarity with the library's print and electronic collection, the library website, and the library's online research guides.
• Participating in library-related trainings and professional development.
• Working a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth's Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly called a Certificate of Disability) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans may also apply via the AHP if they also provide an AHP Letter. To request an AHP Letter, use this link: https://www.dars.virginia.gov/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspxor call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience delivering high-quality customer service.
• Experience communicating effectively verbally and in writing.
• Experience using a variety of computer applications and software.
• Experience performing work duties accurately and in a timely manner.
• Experience carrying out both independent and collaborative work duties.

Additional Considerations: