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Librarian and Human Resources Professional
The Simcoe County Law Association (SCLA) invites applications for a part-time Library Assistant role. The SCLA operates a law library in the Barrie courthouse, with three satellite locations in Orillia, Midland, and Collingwood, for the use of Ontario's lawyers.
There's no job like working in a courthouse library - courthouse library staff are called upon to do dozens of different things every day, from frontline duties to high-level legal research, and in this role, you'll experience the whole gamut, developing many new skills that will serve you for a lifetime.
Our new library assistant will be responsible primarily for frontline library duties - helping lawyers to access legal information by processing new books, helping with circulation, performing our annual inventory, and managing the collection. There are also frequently special projects that you’ll be able to help with.
Circulation : keeping track of what books have been signed out from the library, and following up with lawyers as necessary to request their return.
Processing : when we acquire new books, performing copy cataloguing and printing and affixing spine labels. Filing looseleaf updates.
Inventory : cross-checking our holdings with a shelf list to see if anything has gone missing
Collection management : reshelving items, shelf-reading
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Qualifications :
No formal qualifications are required; preference will be given to candidates with some work experience in a library, a library technician diploma or equivalent, and / or customer service experience. Academic research shows that sometimes, people from marginalized communities will self-select out of applying for jobs if they feel underqualified. If you want to work here but aren’t sure if you meet the qualifications, please apply.
Logistics / Timeline
Please send a cover letter and resume, outlining your experience and qualifications, in Word or PDF format to the attention of George Hawtin, SCLA's Executive Director and Law Librarian, at library@scla.ca with the subject line Library Assistant Application . Only applications e-mailed with a cover letter and resume will be considered. The Simcoe County Law Association is committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes; please also contact George if you are in need of accommodations at any point in the process.
Applications will be accepted until 4 : 30 p.m. on Friday, August 1 . We then hope to have brief conversations by phone or Zoom with top candidates the week of August 11 , with our finalists proceeding to in-person interviews the week of August 18 . A hiring decision will be made as quickly as possible thereafter. All applicants who apply via the method described above will receive updates on their status in the process.
For More Information :
Simcoe County Law Association : www.scla.ca
Legal Information and Resource Network (our funding body) : www.lirn.ca
Ontario Courthouse Libraries Association : www.oclanet.com
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