Library Assistant
Pay Rate: $17.00-$18.00 per hour
This position may work up to 28 hours per week, including two evenings during the fall and spring semesters.
About the role
The Library Assistant supports daily operations of the library by assisting patrons, organizing library materials, and providing clerical support.
Responsibilities
- Perform data entry
- Assist in library programming and events
- Provide basic support for library computers, printers, and other technology resources
- Shelve returned items, conduct regular shelf reading and assist with processing new materials
- Assist with patron overdues, notices, and fines correspondence
- Assist at the Information Hub
The duties listed are not all-inclusive; additional duties may be assigned by a supervisor.
Requirements
- Associate Degree
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience in a library
- A minimum of one-year customer service experience or a combination of education and experience commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of this position
Physical Requirements
- Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist
- Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine
- Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
- Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time
- Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another
- Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward
- Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling
- Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm
- Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips
- Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word
- Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction; ability to receive detailed information through oral communication
- Repetitive motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
Visual acuity requirements: Close visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.
The employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.