Librarian, Academic (Hourly)

Austin Community College; Greater London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

Austin Community College seeks a Librarian, Academic (Hourly) to deliver reference services to students, faculty and staff across campus libraries. The role involves in-person, phone, email and chat support, plus collaboration on collections, information literacy, and data reporting.

The position requires a MLS/Library Science degree from an ALA-accredited program, strong customer service skills, and the ability to work with diverse populations across ACC campuses.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Library Science from an ALA-accredited institution.
• Experience providing reference services in an academic library preferred.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide library reference services in person, phone, email and chat.
• Maintain records and statistics; assist with collection maintenance and information literacy efforts.
• Engage in data collection and reporting using reference desk software.

Skills

Customer service

Library principles

Confidentiality

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Record keeping

Education

Master's degree in Library Science (ALA-accredited)

Tools

PCs & Office software

Internet & databases

Wikis

iPads & laptops

Job description

Job Posting Closing Times: Job postings are removed from advertising at 12:00 A.M. on the closing date e.g., at midnight on the day before the closing date.

Austin Community College employees are required to maintain a domicile in the State of Texas while working for the college and throughout the duration of employment. –AR 4.0300.01

Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Is attracted by the college’s mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.
• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Librarian, Academic (Hourly)

Job Description Summary:

Provides ACC Campus Library Services reference services to ACC students, faculty and staff, including in person, phone, email and library chat, as needed.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Provides ACC Campus Library Services reference services to ACC students, faculty and staff, including in person, phone, email and library chat.
• Works with other ACC Library Services and primary campus library faculty and staff, maintaining records and statistical data and, as assigned, collection maintenance, subject bibliography, information literacy support, web or wiki page maintenance, special projects, and reports.
• Participates in critical record keeping practices including using reference desk software designed to gather student learning outcome data.

Knowledge

Must possess required knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Customer service skills.
• Library principles and practices in an academic setting.

Skills

Must possess required skills and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Ability to maintain an established work schedule.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of constituent information.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective, collegial workplace relationships.
• Ability to communicate orally, in writing and electronically, in a concise and effective manner.

Technology Skills

• Proficiency in using PCs, office productivity software, knowledge of electronic information resources, the Internet and wikis, laptops, iPads, and general office equipment
• Expertise with print and electronic information and reference resources in an academic environment.
• Proficiency in using office productivity software, internet search tools, wikis, iPads, laptops.

Preferred Work Experience

• Experience providing reference services to community college, university, or high school students.

Required Education

• Master's degree in Library Science from an ALA- accredited institution.

Licenses/Certifications; Other

• Reliable transportation may be required for working at multiple campus locations. Employees moving among campuses may get reimbursed for travel.

Physical Requirements

• Work is routinely performed in an library environment.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing and pulling.
• Occasional lifting of objects up to 30 pounds.

Safety

• Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Pay Rate

$28.70/Hour

Up to 19 hours per week

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

September 17, 2026

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information.

For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr . You may obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ([e-mail]). For an overview, see ACC's Clery Act website.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.