Senior Circulation Assistant (Library Services Coordinator)

About the role

The Indiana University (IU) Robert H. McKinney School of Law is located on Indiana's urban research and health sciences campus. As the sole law school in the city, the school prioritizes accessibility, affordability, and excellence in public legal education.

Responsibilities

• Bills for overdue and/or damaged materials
• Processes interlibrary loan requests and deliveries
• Affords assistance to faculty, students, and other patrons with locating library materials and online resources
• Affords assistance to management with training student employees
• Staffs circulation department front desk
• Answers circulation department email and phone
• Opens and closes library on Saturday
• Manages the stacks
• Supports student engagement through the design of physical and digital graphics
• Performs other projects as directed under supervision of circulation manager

General Responsibilities

• Handles and monitors library materials, including re-shelving, processing new material, restocking, and ensuring that all materials can be located quickly and easily
• Evaluates condition of library materials and may perform repair and preservation of library materials, as needed
• Affords assistance to faculty, students, and other patrons by answering phones and handling library-related issues, resolving non-routine problems related to library activities
• Maintains automated records, reviews for completeness and accuracy, collects and collates data, compiles statistics, uses compiled information to prepare unit reports
• May assist with cataloging new items, performing audits of outstanding items, and/or inter-library loan materials processing
• Oversees library department desk and provides training and direction for students employees working the front desk

Qualifications

• Required: High school diploma or equivalent (such as HSED or GED)
• Required: 2 years of library experience

Skills

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Experience with information systems and web-based applications, such as databases, online search and discovery tools, and cataloging/metadata applications
• Understands common security protocols related to Internet use and protecting the information privacy of library users

Benefits

This role offers comprehensive medical and dental insurance, a health savings account with generous IU contributions, healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts, basic group life insurance paid by IU, voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance, a base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting, a voluntary supplemental retirement plan options, tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses, 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year, generous paid time off plans, paid leave for new parents, and IU-sponsored volunteer events. Employee assistance program (EAP) is also available.

Pay

$32,760.00 - 43,513.00 annually

Schedule

7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday
9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Saturday

Contact Information

To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date. If you wish to include a cover letter, you may include it with your resume when uploading attachments.