Senior Library Specialist - Mathematics Library

Experience Champaign Urbana; Urbana (IL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Experience Champaign Urbana's Mathematics Library is seeking a dedicated librarian to manage circulation, public services, and access to math resources. You will assist researchers, handle course reserves, and maintain accurate records and LibGuides.

You will collaborate with faculty and other libraries to oversee acquisitions, cataloging support, and user accounts, ensuring timely access and high-quality service for students and faculty alike.

Responsibilities

• Manages Mathematics Library circulation and public services, including providing research and information assistance to Library users.
• Coordinates circulation and course reserve services, including processing reserve requests and maintaining reserve materials.
• Responds to patron questions, helps with Library resources and services, and refers specialized research questions as appropriate.
• Assists patrons with circulation, interlibrary loan, and access to Library materials and resources.
• Maintains local records and databases that support discovery, access, and collection management.
• Maintains the Mathematics Library website and LibGuides to ensure hours and other information are accurate and up to date.
• Implements Mathematics Library procedures and policies and resolves or refers service-related issues as appropriate.
• Supports collection development and manages monograph and serial acquisitions for the Mathematics Library.
• Researches and recommends materials for acquisition based on collection needs, available funding, faculty input, and established collection priorities.
• Conducts bibliographic research to verify holdings, editions, formats, and publication history and prepares orders for selected materials.
• Monitors monographic series and journals, standing orders, and other continuing publications; identifies needed volumes and resolves ordering or receipt issues.
• Works with the Mathematics Librarian and departmental faculty to identify collection needs and priorities.
• Identifies materials elsewhere in the Library that may be appropriate for transfer to the Mathematics Library.
• Reviews catalog and holdings records for Mathematics Library materials and works with appropriate Library units to resolve errors or inconsistencies.
• Processes donated materials, including evaluating materials for the collection, coordinating cataloging, and preparing gift correspondence.
• Assists patrons with fines, billing, lost or overdue materials, and related account issues; works with central Library units to resolve complex cases.
• Monitors the physical collection, including identifying missing, damaged, or mis-shelved materials and coordinating repair, preservation, or other appropriate action.
• Maintains local collection records and other information needed to support access to Mathematics Library materials and services.
• Recruits, trains, schedules, approves time sheets, and supervises student assistants.
• Provides training, guidance, and constructive feedback to support effective job performance and professional development.
• Serves as a resource for resolving complex operational questions and developing or improving unit procedures.
• Collaborates with the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, the Chemistry Library, and other Library staff to develop and implement effective, consistent workflows, procedures, and services.
• Assists the Mathematics Librarian in identifying, organizing, maintaining, and documenting historical records and materials related to Altgeld Hall, the Department of Mathematics, and the Mathematics Library.
• Supports projects to preserve, describe, and improve access to historical materials and documentation related to the Library’s collections, programs, and activities.
• Performs other related duties and participates in special projects as assigned.

Job description

Duties Responsibilities

• Manages Mathematics Library circulation and public services, including providing research and information assistance to Library users
• Coordinates circulation and course reserve services, including processing reserve requests and maintaining reserve materials.
• Responds to patron questions, helps with Library resources and services, and refers specialized research questions as appropriate.
• Assists patrons with circulation, interlibrary loan, and access to Library materials and resources.
• Maintains local records and databases that support discovery, access, and collection management.
• Maintains the Mathematics Library website and LibGuides to ensure hours and other information are accurate and up to date.
• Implements Mathematics Library procedures and policies and resolves or refers service-related issues as appropriate.

Supports collection development and manages monograph and serial acquisitions for the Mathematics Library

• Researches and recommends materials for acquisition based on collection needs, available funding, faculty input, and established collection priorities.
• Conducts bibliographic research to verify holdings, editions, formats, and publication history and prepares orders for selected materials.
• Monitors monographic series and journals, standing orders, and other continuing publications; identifies needed volumes and resolves ordering or receipt issues.
• Works with the Mathematics Librarian and departmental faculty to identify collection needs and priorities.
• Identifies materials elsewhere in the Library that may be appropriate for transfer to the Mathematics Library.

Manages Mathematics Library collections, cataloging support, and patron account issues

• Reviews catalog and holdings records for Mathematics Library materials and works with appropriate Library units to resolve errors or inconsistencies.
• Processes donated materials, including evaluating materials for the collection, coordinating cataloging, and preparing gift correspondence.
• Assists patrons with fines, billing, lost or overdue materials, and related account issues; works with central Library units to resolve complex cases.
• Monitors the physical collection, including identifying missing, damaged, or mis-shelved materials and coordinating repair, preservation, or other appropriate action.
• Maintains local collection records and other information needed to support access to Mathematics Library materials and services.

Supervises and supports Mathematics Library staff

• Recruits, trains, schedules, approves time sheets, and supervises student assistants.
• Provides training, guidance, and constructive feedback to support effective job performance and professional development.
• Serves as a resource for resolving complex operational questions and developing or improving unit procedures.
• Collaborates with the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, the Chemistry Library, and other Library staff to develop and implement effective, consistent workflows, procedures, and services.

Other

• Assists the Mathematics Librarian in identifying, organizing, maintaining, and documenting historical records and materials related to Altgeld Hall, the Department of Mathematics, and the Mathematics Library.
• Supports projects to preserve, describe, and improve access to historical materials and documentation related to the Library’s collections, programs, and activities.
• Performs other related duties and participates in special projects as assigned.