Library Officer (1 year contract), Digital Library Services

Singapore University of Social Sciences; Singapore; On-site; SGD 27,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Singapore University of Social Sciences in Singapore is seeking a Library Operations Assistant to support daily library functions, including opening/closing, shelving, loan fulfilment, reservations, and space upkeep in the physical library.

You will handle service desk inquiries, inter-library loans, cataloguing support, stock checks, and procurement coordination for books and digital resources, while maintaining accuracy of records and attention to user service standards.

Responsibilities

• Open/close of the physical library and shelf maintenance.
• Fulfilment of loan requests and reservations via pickup lockers or courier.
• Handle service desk inquiries on collections, services, and facilities.
• Coordinate inter-library loans and monitor external loans with timely collection/return.
• Maintain library equipment and housekeeping including clear labels and signage.
• Perform collection maintenance: deselection, disposal, stocktaking, shelf-reading, inventory management.
• Assist with procurement of physical and electronic resources including ordering and invoicing.
• Provide administrative support: compile collection data and monitor library emails.

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform day-to-day operations such as opening and closing of the physical library, shelving of books, simple resource repairs, circulation tasks, which include the fulfilment of loan requests and reservations through retrieval, assignment on pickup locker or courier, renewal, and return.
• Perform service desk duties, which include requests for loans and reservations, as well as answering library related enquiries on collection, services, circulation, facilities, and physical space etc.
• Perform inter-library loans, coordinate book collection, monitor external loans, ensure timely collection and return of resources, and maintain loan records.
• Ensure that all library equipment is in good working condition and maintain good housekeeping of the library space, such as ensuring clear labels and signages.
• Perform collection maintenance duties such as deselection and disposal of library resources, stocktaking, shelf-reading, and inventory management which entails moving, packing, organising and retrieving library resources.
• Carry out procurement of physical and electronic books, including handling order requests, searching and verifying holdings and bibliographic information, placing orders, and processing invoices.
• Assist with simple cataloguing and processing of library resources.
• Provide administrative support by collecting and compiling collection data and usage statistics and monitoring the library email account.