Library & Media Center Specialist

Mesa Public Schools; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick leave

Holidays

Retirement matched through Arizona ASR

Health insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Mesa Public Schools seeks an organized Media Center Specialist to manage daily media center operations, assist students and teachers, and ensure access to library resources and technology.

Responsibilities include cataloging materials, circulation tasks, coordinating interlibrary loans, maintaining inventories, and guiding users in research strategies and the use of Destiny, Synergy, and OBARS.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree or 60 college credits required at time of hire or pass ParaPro Test provided by the district free of charge
• High School education or equivalent
• Knowledge and work experience in library procedures to include Dewey Decimal System, computerized Library Management System and Internet searching skills

Responsibilities

• Organize, process and maintain resource materials to ensure appropriateness and availability for student and teacher use; schedule and monitor use of media center
• Perform data entry concerning books and other resource materials in computerized management system
• Perform circulation tasks (i.e. checking books and resource materials in/out, textbook inventory, issuing debt notices, etc)
• Provide guidance and direction to students and teachers in the utilization and selection of media center resources
• Assist students with using the computer for research by demonstrating research strategies and research tools
• Maintain and monitor budget expenditures according to district policies and procedures to ensure availability of resources and proper use of funds
• Order and receive library and media resources and equipment appropriate to school’s needs
• Maintain and repair resource materials and troubleshoot media and computer equipment; submit work orders when needed
• Conduct computerized inventory of library collection and resource center materials and equipment to ensure accurate recordkeeping and documentation of lost and/or damaged materials
• Coordinate and manage district interlibrary loan process
• Prepare and process written materials to disseminate information to appropriate parties (i.e. correspondence, late notices, overdue lists, etc)
• Prepare reports relative to the operation of the media center to disseminate information to appropriate parties (i.e. circulation and patron statistics, etc)
• Provide an environment that is conducive to learning (i.e. orderliness, displays, bulletin boards, etc)
• Oversee and assign tasks to additional support staff, student helpers and/or volunteers
• Regular and on-time attendance required
• Assists with other assigned duties as appropriate to the area of assignment and Mesa Public Schools

Skills

Typing proficiency

Computer literacy

Communication skills

Time management

Education

Associate’s Degree or 60 college credits

High School education or equivalent

Tools

Destiny

Synergy

OBARS

Job description

Mesa Public Schools seeks an organized Media Center Specialist to manage daily media center operations, assist students and teachers, and ensure access to library resources and technology.

Responsibilities include cataloging materials, circulation tasks, coordinating interlibrary loans, maintaining inventories, and guiding users in research strategies and the use of Destiny, Synergy, and OBARS.