Library Assistant Job at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY

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  • The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
  • Louisville, KY

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY:

The Library Assistant's main purpose is to support the mission of the Library by connecting patrons with resources they need and to help maintain the Library's collections.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

The employee in this position will have the following essential job functions:
  • Welcome patrons to the library through the security checkpoint
  • Enforce library security (i.e. scanning patron's identification cards, monitoring the Library's remote access entry points, ensuring building is vacated and locked upon closing)
  • Educate faculty and students on how to find and use the library's print and online resources for research and other purposes
  • Providing information literacy and technology literacy assistance
  • Assist patrons with checking items in and out
  • Answer and direct phone inquiries
  • Direct patrons around the library and to other venues and locations on campus
  • Assist the Circulation Librarian with collection maintenance (i.e. shelving, shelf reading, shifting)
  • Assist the Circulation Librarian with fulfilling patron requests regarding interlibrary loan and distance student requests
  • Assist in the preparation of new items added to the library collections
  • Assist in the maintenance of patron accounts, including the reception and recording of fines
  • Aid the Circulation Librarian and Associate Librarian with special projects as assigned

Performs other duties as may be assigned by supervisor.

EDUCATION:

The person in this position does not need any particular formal education.

EXPERIENCE:

The person in this position is not required to have experience working in a library. However, computer and customer service relations experience are preferred.

SUPERVISION:

The person in this position will supervise no one.

The person in this position will report to the Circulation Librarian and the Association Librarian.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The person in this position will work in the Library.

EQUIPMENT:

The person in this position will use the following equipment: basic office and library equipment including computers, printers, scanners, copiers, and microform readers. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Job Tags

Remote job, Shift work,

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