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Public Services Assistant Shelving Assistants

Library Careers

Explore careers at the library. Your career path could take many directions from Shelving Assistant to Children's Librarian. View current Job Postings.

Administrative Secretary
  • Prepare reports & correspondence
  • Maintain files & tracking systems
  • Coordinate meetings & schedules
Audio-Visual (AV) Specialist
  • Oversee the AV collection
  • Catalog, select, maintain, and promote the AV collection
Bookkeeper
  • Process accounts payable & receivable
  • Reconcile bank statements
  • Perform payroll functions
Cataloger
  • Classify books and other materials
  • Input information into catalog
Children's & Young Adult Librarian
  • Provide specialized Reader's Advisory
  • Create pathfinders, bibliographies, and instructional guides
  • Plan & execute programs including Storytimes, Teen Programs, and Summer Reading Club
Community Relations Manager
  • Plan, implement, evaluate & coordinate PR & marketing activities for the library
  • Oversee the vision and develop the library's Web site
Facilities Coordinator
  • Maintain & repair equipment, grounds & building
  • Supervise service contracts
  • Oversee operations of HVAC
Human Resources Manager
  • Recruit, hire, and train staff
  • Coordinate benefits
  • Ensure compliance with labor laws
  • Develop policy & procedure
Library Director
  • Oversee library operations
  • Plan & administer the budget
  • Hire & train employees
  • Publicize library services & programs
Library Manager
  • Oversee day-to-day operations
  • Supervise employees
  • Design programs & services
  • Long-range planning & budgeting
Public Services Assistant
  • Provide excellent customer service
  • Check-in and check-out of materials
  • Register patrons
  • Handle overdue materials
Recruiter
  • Administer pre-employment testing
  • Schedule interviews & training
  • Maintain files & prepare reports
Reference Librarian
  • Assess information needs of patrons
  • Provide in-depth searching & specialized reader's advisory
  • Create articles, pathfinders, bibliographies, instructional guides, and reports
Shelving Assistant
  • Empty the book return
  • Check-in & sensitize materials
  • Sort & shelve books, DVDs, videos, and audio tapes
  • Check shelf order & move books to achieve correct order
Summmer Reading Club Assistant
  • Provide information to patrons
  • Perform basic clerical duties including record keeping, sign-ups, stamping game boards, & distributing prizes.
  • Input & retrieve data
Systems Manager
  • Oversee, maintain, upgrade, & develop system infrastructure for LAN/WAN & library intranet
  • Develop, implement, and oversee technology & web-based services
  • Oversee telecommunication & telephone systems
Systems Support
  • Organize & maintain the computerized collections of information and data
  • Maintain computer hardware & software
  • Diagnose & correct network problems
Team Liaison & Team Leader
  • Supervise, monitor, & evaluate work performance
  • Develop, maintain, & communicate departmental policy & procedure & train staff in effective implementation of those policies
Technical & Information Services Manager
  • Oversee Information Services Department, collection development, and maintain standards
  • Oversee Technical Services Department, maintain local guidelines for bibliographic utility, original cataloging and catalog maintenance; oversee and approve application of cataloging standards
Technical Services Assistant
  • Order books & AV materials
  • Receive & unpack shipments
  • Sort & process donatated items
  • Assist in redistribution of items that are outdated or no longer of interest to users
Trainer
  • Design & conduct training programs including new employee training
  • Coordinate external training programs
  • Oversee the Buddy Program
This is only a partial list of jobs and job duties. The complete list of responsibilities and tasks may be found on the Job Posting.

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