Circulation Assistant; Late Night Library Administration

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At the University of California, Berkeley, we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Our culture of openness, freedom, and belonging makes it a special place for students, faculty, and staff, who are among the most talented and accomplished anywhere, including Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and Mac Arthur Fellows. Since our founding in 1868, we have been an engine for innovation - driving intellectual, economic, and social progress that benefits California, the U.S., and beyond.

Together, we change the world.

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The Access Services Division has leadership for planning and coordinating access and circulation policies and procedures across the UC Berkeley Library. Additionally, the Access Services Division consists of the following units – Library Privileges, Doe/Moffitt Circulation Services, Information and Welcome Desks Services, Newspapers/Microforms Library and Current Periodicals, Media Services and Stacks Maintenance.

The Doe/Moffitt Circulation and Gardner Stacks unit is the largest circulation services unit in the Library System, handling more than one million circulation transactions annually, loan of electronic devices, and the largest undergraduate course reserve operation. The Gardner (MAIN) Stacks collection management includes daily oversight and strategic planning for a 2.7 million volume collection housed on campus and retrieval for the 3 million volumes of the collection shelved at the Systemwide Library Facility - North (SLF-N).

This unit controls access to the Gardner (MAIN) Stacks, group study rooms, and 65 Doe (Medium Rare collection). The unit follows the overall guidelines, policies, and priorities of the Library, under the direction of the Head of the Access Services Division.

The Circulation Assistant (Late Night) supports 24-hour circulation services for enrolled students, faculty, staff, and non-UC affiliated library card-holders. This position performs all duties associated with providing access to collections and explains and interprets library policies and procedures as necessary. Serving as the sole library career staff during late night and early morning hours, the Circulation Assistant (Late Night) assists users at the Circulation Desk with checking materials in and out, renewing items, placing holds, requesting material from the NRLF, and managing study room reservations and electronic device loans.

Additional responsibilities include assisting the circulation supervisor with electronic device maintenance and inventory, handling day-to-day…