Library Specialist (Adult Services)

Beaufort County South Carolina; South Carolina; Sur place; USD 36 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Beaufort County Library System is seeking a paraprofessional to assist in delivering library services across branches. The role includes leading a service point, coordinating volunteers, and supporting promotional initiatives.

The position also involves cataloging work, reference assistance, reader advisory, and mobile library services to prisons and senior centers, ensuring access to materials for diverse populations.

Qualifications

• Requires an Associate’s degree.
• Over two years and up to and including four years of related experience.

Responsabilités

• Acts as work team leader for a service point or branch and coordinates volunteers.
• Performs tasks requiring specialized knowledge such as cataloging, public relations, children's services, and information.
• Performs copy cataloging requiring extensive editing and original cataloging; answers cataloging questions from Library Assistants in the unit.
• Designs and prepares library promotional publications, displays, exhibits, and writes press releases.
• Plans and executes programs and storytelling using creative formats; participates in system-wide programs.
• Assists patrons in person and by telephone with general reference requests and informational needs; assesses patron needs via reference interviewing.
• Demonstrates knowledge of books/authors and reader interests; offers reader advisory and material recommendations.
• Provides mobile library services to prisons, senior centers, rest homes, institutions, and homebound individuals.
• Checks out materials at institutions on an individual basis.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Connaissances

Volunteer coordination

Reader advisory

Formation

Associate’s degree

Description du poste

The purpose of this position is to provide paraprofessional work assisting in the delivery of services within the public library system.

The essential functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary.

• Serves as work team leader for a service point or branch, coordinates volunteers.
• Performs tasks requiring specialized knowledge or skill, e.g., cataloging, public relations, children’s services, educational and employment information.
• Performs copy cataloging requiring extensive editing and original cataloging; answers cataloging questions from Library Assistants in the unit.
• Designs and prepares library promotional publications, displays, exhibits, and writes press releases.
• Plans and executes programs storytelling, etc., using creative formats and techniques as appropriate to position; participates in system-wide programs.
• Assists patrons in person and over the telephone with general reference requests and informational requests; assesses patron needs through reference interviewing and provides appropriate resources.
• Demonstrates good knowledge of books and authors, and of reader interests; offers effective reader advisory service or assistance to general and special populations as appropriate to position; recommends materials for addition or replacement.
• Provides mobile library services to prisons, senior centers, rest homes, institutions, and homebound individuals.
• Checks out materials on an individual basis at each institution.
• Performs related work as assigned.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Requires an Associate’s degree.
• Over two years and up to and including four years of related experience.

All applicants tentatively selected for a position with Beaufort County Council will be required to submit to urinalysis to screen for the illegal use of drugs and to a background check prior to appointment. Employment is contingent upon clearing both the drug screening and background investigation. Beaufort County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.