Library Associate - Technical Services Job Fargo area,North Dakota USA,Administrative/Clerical

Under general supervision, performs various clerical support duties to assist in the operation of the library. Incumbents' primary responsibilities include the shelving of books; working at the circulation desk to assist patrons with borrowing and returning library materials; or preparing new materials for circulation. Responsible for accuracy and quality of own work.

Addendum-Technical Services:

Processing materials

Processes all material formats including applying book covers, spine labels, stickers, disc donut labels, and stamps as necessary.
Uses Microsoft Publisher templates to create artwork or labels.
Sorts daily branch deliveries of materials needing processing, mending or weeding attention.

Mending materials

Mends irreplaceable books, gluing spines, taping tears, and re-covering jackets.
Cleans or resurfaces discs.
Forwards items to other Tech Services staff when appropriate.

Weeding materials

Prepares discarded materials for the "Friends' Book Sale" and "Better World Books".
Places items into "withdrawn" status within Integrated Library System.

Vendor contacts

Maintains a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet of vendors for processing supplies.
Manages inventory of processing supplies, re-stocking and re-ordering as necessary.

Item entry

Adds item level barcode data for all formats to bibliographic records in Integrated Library System.

Procedure manual

Maintains a physical and electronic procedure manual for processes.

Management of incoming/outgoing materials

Organizing/unpacking incoming items.
Preparing morning shuttle of materials to branches.

Receipt of materials in Integrated Library System

Confirm receipt of materials in Acquisitions module.
Confirm proper budget allocation, address problems, if necessary.
Check for items on hold and Rush process.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Charges, renews and discharges circulating materials; places items on hold as requested.

Explains procedures to patrons as necessary;
Collects fines;
Retrieves materials from book drops;
Inspects returned items for damage and sends to technical services;
Cleans returned items as necessary;
Prints out holds and sets aside requested materials for hold shelves as items are checked in to system;
Enters on-hold requests into computer system;
Applies library circulation policies, including registration eligibility and borrowing privileges.

Returns books and materials to appropriate location and straightens books on shelves according to established procedures.

Places materials on book carts;
Places materials in bins for branch libraries;
Places materials in correct location shelving.

Access and processes various circulation-related reports through computer system, including but not limited to picklist, expired holds, and missing reports; searches for items on reports from their various locations throughout the library.

Prepares new books and other materials for circulation by:

Preparing RFID tags and affixing to materials;
Updating status in computer;
Distributing to appropriate section of the Library.

Provides assistance to patrons with basic directional and general information questions and in locating materials as necessary.

Provides assistance with inventory process as needed.

Performs general clerical/office duties such as entering applications for library cards into computer system, filing and answering the telephone.

May drive the library van to branch libraries to pick up and return material.

Communicates courteously and professionally and maintains working relationships with others in carrying out job functions.

Frequently interacts with others in the work unit, the public, vendors or across departments to exchange basic fact information as requested or as necessary to perform job duties;
Often interacts with others in the work unit, the…