Substitute Pool - Senior Library Technician

Overview

BASIC FUNCTION: Under the direction of the Dean of Arts, Letters and Learning Services, perform a variety of long range advanced level, technical processes. These will include cataloging of all types of library resources, include managing serials subscriptions and related records. Assist students, staff and others in locating and utilizing library resources, equipment and instructional laboratory support. Assist Librarians and Technicians with technical library and administrative support.

Other duties as assigned.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: The Senior Library Technician Specialist is an advanced- level classification in the library technician series. Incumbents are distinguished from others in the library technician series by the responsibility to hire and/or train Technicians, Librarians and student workers in all areas of the library technician and assistant series:
Acquisitions, Circulation, Serials, Technical Processing, Microcomputers, Audiovisual and Related Equipment, and the coordination of the functioning of all modules of the integrated library system. This requires advanced technical and specialized knowledge of all library operations, activities and support.

• Coordinate the acquisition of library materials including books, periodicals, special collections and non-print media using Library Operation System, and Electronic Networking Services. Develop orders for library materials, maintain budget records for them, and document that invoices are correct before being sent to the Dean’s office for payment processing.
• Coordinate the cataloging and processing of new resources, print and non-print, obtained by Spencer Library using OCLC, Library Operation System, and Electronic Networking Services. Copy Catalog Marc Records from OCLC to Library Operation System. Manually Catalog all library books and library materials with unique and exclusive catalog records into Library Automation System to Submit to OCLC.
• Manage the technical processing of fiction, nonfiction, references, special collections, VHS, DVD, CDs and other library materials. Prepare for shelving: affix pockets and labels; maintain shelf list and shelf books;
  Participate in periodic inventory of the library collection and check for mis-shelving. Maintain Technical Processing Statistics:
  New Materials, Discarded / Withdrawn Materials, and Lost & Paid.
• Plan and implement the periodicals, serials and journals budget in conjunction with Librarians and the Dean of Arts, Letters and Learning Services: prepare and maintain a variety of records, files and statistics, including financial records; communicate with subscription vendors to order materials and process periodicals, serials and journals claims for missing copies, incorrect expiration dates and other problems. Receive, check in and distribute new periodicals, serials and journals to shelves and other departments on campus;
  
  enter periodicals, serials and journals details onto Library Operation System and Network Cataloging Databases.
• Process and submit an annual renewal of subscriptions to a designated subscription service: prepare and send a yearly update summary of subscriptions to campus departments heads; identify serial renewals to be added, continued or deleted.
• Respond to reference inquiries from students, staff and the public, including telephone inquiries. Provide information and assistance to students and other patrons regarding the location, selection and utilization of references, books, periodicals, special collections and other library resources; demonstrate the use of automated catalog systems, indexes and automated databases. Refer patrons to a professional librarian for reference assistance.
• Conduct special research as required. Communicate with faculty, District staff and other library personnel regarding special request of serials, reserve materials, student fines, status of items on order and inter-library loans of serials and other materials; receive, search and verify request for inter-library loan materials; compile bibliographies and reserve materials for faculty and students.
• Conduct orientation…