Direct Wage - Library Technician

South Texas College; United States; On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

South Texas College seeks a Library Technician to support the Circulation Desk and assist students, faculty and staff in accessing information. You will work closely with library staff to ensure smooth operations and a positive user experience.

The position requires an Associate’s degree and at least 60 college hours, with two years of library experience preferred. Strong communication, computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook are essential, as is flexibility for evenings

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree and a minimum of 60 college hours.
• At least two years of library work experience preferred.
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends as needed.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and complete multiple tasks with attention to detail.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, manuals and library materials.
• Ability to write routine reports and speak before groups.

Responsibilities

• Provides and promotes excellent customer service.
• Answers routine inquiries and assists users in locating materials.
• Performs circulation duties.
• Sorts and shelves library materials.
• Monitors library computers as assigned.
• Maintains student conduct in the library.
• Supports interlibrary and intercampus loan services.
• Assists with planning and promoting library events.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Inquiry assistance

Library circulation

Multi-tasking

Teamwork

Evenings/weekends

Oral and written communication

Interpersonal skills

Computer literacy

Education

Associate degree

60 college hours

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Transcripts

Transcripts must be from an institution accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

Foreign transcripts Applicants submitting employment applications with foreign transcripts must provide transcript equivalency documentation from an approved evaluation service. The evaluation service must be a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). The evaluation service links on the following site are provided by South Texas College for your convenience but are not affiliated with South Texas College: NACES Members

Job Description

General Statement of Job

The Library Technician supports the Circulation Desk (Help Desk) and works closely with library staff, students, and faculty to assist library users with accessing and using information.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides and promotes excellent customer service.
• Answers routine inquiries and assists library users in locating materials appropriate to their interest or needs.
• Performs circulation duties.
• Sorts and shelves library materials.
• Monitors library computers as assigned.
• Assists in maintaining appropriate student conduct in the library.
• Arranges for department's equipment maintenance.
• Maintains departmental files and keeps statistics and records producing reports.
• Performs cash handling duties in accordance with cash handling procedures.
• Maintains accurate student records.
• Supports interlibrary and intercampus loan services.
• Assists with the distribution of Library Services mail.
• Assists with planning and promoting library events.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• Associate’s degree
• A minimum of 60 earned college hours
• At least two (2) years of library work experience in an educational institution, preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office including, but not limited to, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook, the Windows environment, and internet research skills.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and complete multiple tasks with attention to detail, within stated deadlines.
• Ability to work independently as well as a team player within department and with others.
• Ability to work evenings and/or weekends as needed.
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and mission of South Texas College.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, library materials, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of students, customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to apply practical understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Checks, Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

Security Sensitive position: All applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy. In addition, subject to a federal background check.

Physical Requirements

Exerting up to 30 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force to move objects. Ascending or descending ladders and stairs, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips. Grasping, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound. Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely. Sitting and standing particularly for sustained periods of time. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles. Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading. Mobility to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Minimum Compensation

Minimum Compensation $15.75

Desired Start Date October 13, 2026

Posting Close Date (No Close Date if Blank) 22 October 2026 11:59pm

Founded in 1993, South Texas College offers more than 127 degree & certificate options, including associate degrees in a variety of liberal art, social science, business, math, science, technology, advanced manufacturing, and allied health fields of study. Additionally, South Texas College is the only community college in the State of Texas to offer 5 baccalaureate degrees. South Texas College has a faculty and staff of more than 2,200 to serve the college’s five campuses, two higher education centers, and one virtual campus. Since 2000, the Dual Credit Programs has served 130,000 high school students at 70 high school partners, saving families over $340 million dollars in tuition.