Access Services Coordinator
Listed on 2026-02-12
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Education / Teaching
Library
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Job SummaryThe Access Services Coordinator will join the library’s Discovery & Access team, which connects the Wheaton College community to scholarly resources that support teaching and learning. The Coordinator provides exemplary access services for the community, overseeing daily operations related to circulation, course reserves, interlibrary loan, and stacks maintenance. The Coordinator oversees a robust student employment program. The position requires the ability to adapt to change, to exercise sound judgement when dealing with workflows, and to foster an open, welcoming service environment for Wheaton’s diverse community.
Essential Functions:Supports patrons with borrowing, lending, and other immediate library needs at the library service desk. Obtains external library resources requested by the Wheaton community. Responds to requests from external libraries for Wheaton owned material. Creates, updates, and follows procedural manuals for interlibrary loan. Communicates with patrons and staff at other libraries about borrowing and lending, overdue notices, and associated requests.
Verifies and invoices for lost items or transactions involving payments. Participates in processing course and electronic reserves. Receives incoming requests, determines processing method, and prioritizes workflows. Digitizes materials requested by patrons while complying with copyright laws.
Develops and leads a multiyear plan to improve the library student employment experience, incorporating critical engagement with data and information through specialized training and projects. Trains, mentors, and schedules a large team of student employees. Creates structure for training that empowers students to track their growth and learning. Develops new models for student involvement in library outreach activities, and supports these functions at the library service desk.
Supervises students and participates in shelving library books. Coordinates and ensures accuracy of shelf-reading. Conducts book inventory and shifting projects, stacks measurement, and providing stack space reports. Performs daily inspection of all library floors to return, retrieve and re-shelve materials. Searches for missing or incorrectly shelved items.
Identifies the equity and access needs of our community and the ways to effectively meet those needs with library resources and services. Contributes professional expertise to projects that advance equity, inclusion, justice and belonging on campus.
Maintains and enhances skill sets through participation in workshops and trainings. Develops and maintains expertise as needed with new technology or workflows. Maintains knowledge of relevant organization-wide services and policies. Participates in staff meetings and organization-wide activities/groups. Monitors and recommends responses to trends in the access services, student employment, and student engagement landscape. Collaborates with colleagues on consortial initiatives and engages in professional development opportunities.
Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor. This may include attendance of and participation in required training for role.
Not Applicable
Employment typeFull-time
Job functionOther
IndustriesHigher Education
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- Vision insurance
- Medical insurance
- Tuition assistance
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