Access Services Library Assistant (Part-time, Non-Benefited) 1 position - Worcester State University

Worcester State University; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Worcester State University is seeking an Access Services Library Assistant for the Library, working evenings from 8 pm to 1 am. This is a part-time, non-benefited position reporting to the Library supervisor.

The successful candidate will assist at the Circulation Desk, supervise student workers, renew and discharge materials, help users locate resources, and support interlibrary loan activities while maintaining collections and library operations.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Supervises part-time student workers
• Renews and discharges library materials
• Helps users locate and use materials
• Opens and closes the library
• Manages library collections by inventorying, shifting, shelf-reading and barcoding
• Assists with interlibrary loan processing
• Works on special projects
• Collects fines
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Access Services Library Assistant (Part-time, Non-Benefited) 1 position

WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY is a liberal arts and sciences university with a long tradition of academic excellence dating back to 1874, as well as an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to reflect the diversity of its community. Our workforce is dedicated to academic quality, student-centered programming, engaged citizenship, open exchanges of ideas, diversity and inclusiveness, and civility and integrity. We are looking for job applicants who share these values and commitment to our students.

Worcester State is centrally located in Massachusetts, about an hour's drive from Boston, Springfield, and Providence, Rhode Island. Our 58-acre campus is nestled in the residential northwest side of Worcester--the second largest city in New England and home to 37,000 college students at more than a dozen colleges and universities. Over 6,000 of those students attend Worcester State--approximately 5,300 are undergraduates and 1,000 are graduate students. Learn more about us at worcester.edu/about .

Job Description:

TITLE: Access Services Library Assistant
DEPARTMENT: Library
SUPERVISOR: Michael Dennis

SCHEDULE:Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8 pm to 1 am

General Statement of Duties: The Part-Time Library Assistant helps students, faculty, and staff at the Library Circulation Desk. The part-time library assistant position is a non-benefitted position.

Responsibilities:

Supervises part-time student workers

Renews and discharges library materials

Helps users locate and use materials

Opens and closes the library

Manages library collections by inventorying, shifting, shelf-reading and barcoding

Assists with interlibrary loan processing

Works on special projects

Collects fines

Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience working within libraries

Additional Information:

Worcester State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer which seeks to reflect the diversity of its community.
This is a part-time, non-benefited, hourly position.