Library Assistant II,III,IV - Roosevelt Job Honolulu area,Hawaii USA,Administrative/Clerical

Position: Library Assistant II, III, IV - Roosevelt High

The authorized level of the position is Library Assistant IV. Applications are being accepted down to the Library Assistant II in the event of recruiting difficulties.

Salary Range:

Library Assistant II, SR-05: $3,078.00 per month
Library Assistant III, SR-07: $3,201.00 per month
Library Assistant IV, SR-09: $3,333.00 per month

Typical examples of duties of Library Assistant IV positions include:

1. Independently provides all nonprofessional support services for a library (e.g. school library), including circulation activities, preparing books and other materials for use in the library, maintaining the card catalog and other related files, maintaining stacks, inventorying library materials and other support activities. Positions of this type work under the general supervision of a professional librarian and may supervise students and/or others in carrying out routine library tasks.

Typical duties and responsibilities include: charging and discharging books; monitoring overdue materials and sending overdue notices; maintaining a list of students with outstanding obligations; assisting librarians in ordering materials; receiving and physically preparing materials for library use; maintaining the card catalog (i.e. filing and withdrawing cards as appropriate); maintaining the shelflist file (i.e. posting information, filing, and withdrawing shelflist cards as appropriate);

may perform limited cataloging (i.e. obtain cataloging information from standard sources and/or cataloging-in-publication and prepare catalog cards; may assign classification number using classification schedule for gift and other materials where subjects are easily discernible and fineness in classification is not critical); may supervise students and/or others in carrying out routine library tasks (e.g. circulation, stack maintenance, physical preparation/upkeep of materials, inventorying materials, etc.);

may keep track of library's expenditures; may prepare purchase orders and requisitions; may type memos, correspondence and reports; may assist students in locating materials in the library or using the card catalog; may clip newspaper and magazine articles relating to certain topics (designated by a librarian or other personnel) and place them under the appropriate category in a subject file.

2. Supervises and participates in circulation desk activities. A position of this type works under the general supervision of a librarian and is responsible for overseeing the circulation desk operations in a library, which typically includes the charging and discharging of books; collecting fines and fees; sorting and shelving books; sorting and packing books to be returned to owning or requesting libraries;

checking in, display, maintenance and claiming of periodicals, etc. The position is expected to handle problems and complaints that arise at the circulation desk, explaining library policies and rules to patrons and referring problems that cannot be resolved to the librarian. Supervisory responsibilities include scheduling, assigning and supervising the work of lower-level library assistants; participating in the interview and selection process;

and training and evaluating subordinates. In addition, a position of this type may provide clerical administrative support (e.g. preparing payroll documents for night differentials; compiling statistics and typing monthly statistics reports; ordering office supplies; counting, reconciling and depositing cash receipts; may provide basic directional and/or informational assistance to patrons; may supervise the work of students, volunteers and/or others in carrying out routine library tasks;

may supervise the preparation and sending of overdue notices; in an academic library, may coordinate and/or supervise the organization and processing of faculty reserve materials and/or supervise and/or make arrangements for the lending/borrowing of films for instructors).

3. Responsible for independently performing the full range of functions related to the orderly and timely receipt of periodicals as a major work assignment. A position of this type is responsible for identifying a variety of magazines, journals and similar materials; posting receipt of issues, noting changes in title, publisher, frequency, etc.; making changes to appropriate records; making claims for missing issues to publishers and/or vendors;

noting extension/credit to account upon response from publishers/vendors; processing invoices for payment; processing…