Library Assistant

The Library Assistant  is a staff member at Richmont Graduate University and serves faculty and students throughsupporting the day-to-day operations of the Atlanta Library. The Library Assistantserves  on campus at the Atlanta location.

• Assists in the day-to-day maintenance of the Atlanta Library through cataloging, curating, weeding, organizing, loaning, and re-shelving of local resources. Keeps collections and physical spaces tidy and well-organized.
• Provides excellent service to both students and faculty. Offers reader’s advisory services as needed.
• Performs collections evaluation as needed. Compiles bibliographies and provides research assistance to Richmont students, faculty, and administrators.
• Supports interlibrary loan services, requesting items through the OCLC World Share platform and delivering them to students in a prompt and cheerful manner.
• Creates and maintains library guides through Lib Guides. Assists the librarian in the creation of course guides at the start of each semester.
• Supervise the Graduate Assistant to ensures regular library desk coverage.

• At least two years of completed college coursework.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills.
• Facility with technology, ideally Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Outlook, Word, etc.), with a willingness to learn other systems and platforms.
• Ability to exert moderate physical effort, including shelving books, climbing ladders, dusting furniture, and pushing/pulling loaded library carts.
• Ability to work on-site at Richmont’s Atlanta campus library.
• Capacity to collaborate with Richmont students, faculty, and staff.

• Completed 4-year (B.A. or B.S.) degree.
• Prior experience working in a library or academic environment.
• Experience with library cataloging metadata, standards, and software.

Rate $16.00-$18.00 per hour DOE