Library Educational Support Personnel

Responsibilities

• Maintains the library catalog
• Processes, circulates, and shelves books and various learning materials
• Stamps, labels, mends, and cleans library books and other learning resources
• Aids individual children in need of special assistance
• Provides guidance and assistance to students in the selection of books and in using other library resources
• Adds library copies into a database utilizing the electronic library system
• Aids students in accessing research materials to support units of study
• Aids in the selection and ordering of library materials
• Maintains an orderly and functional room environment conducive to learning
• May assist in coordinating events such as book fairs and planning activities that encourages and motivates students to read
• May read-aloud and provide book talks to groups of students
• Performs related duties as assigned
• Participates in professional development, when appropriate
• Establishes good relationships with students, faculty, and administration
• Supports and promotes a positive school culture by providing a warm, inviting, and structured environment where students feel safe, welcome, and aware of the expectations
• Performs circulation tasks such as charging, discharging, reserving, scheduling, and delivering on library materials
• Accurately maintains media files and records
• Keeps the library collection orderly and inventories library materials
• Assists with displays and other projects, as applicable
• Assists with distributing overdue notices, letters to students, and lists of overdue books
• Assists with other tasks as requested
• Implements policies developed by administration

Qualifications

Ability to work with students one-to-one and in small groups to provide support, as needed