Intermediate School Library Specialist​/Secretarial Union

Position: Intermediate School Library Specialist; 200 Days Per Year / 8 Hours Per Day / MEA/NEA Unit I Secretarial position

• Assist students and staff in locating and selecting books of high interest and appeal to students.
• Curate and maintain a high-quality library collection with high interest titles and relevant content at reading levels of the student population served in their school with new titles and series.
• Checks library materials in/out, shelve returned materials.
• Prepare new titles – add, place barcode, spine and genre label if applicable, dust jacket or protective cover.
• Mend books through approved repair standards or replace if appropriate.
• Maintain an automated library system (record keeping, inventory and checkout procedures, overdue reports, etc.)
• Contact vendors, order books and supplies and process new library books for shelf and circulation.
• Establish negotiated service contracts with library vendors to obtain best pricing.
• Weed outdated/unusable items in current collections based on the District’s Collection Development Guide.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of MARC record formats and library operating software systems.
• Input information into library software for new books using MARC record format to establish bibliographic records for all library materials and Dewey Decimal System classifications.
• Establish library budget level annually using district formula per pupil based on student enrollment.
• Coordinate and submit purchase paperwork within the business office guidelines.
• Develop a library class schedule for all homerooms or ELA classes.
• Enter and maintain current patron records for staff and students in the automated library system.
• Maintain and design a checkout procedure, preparing library cards as needed.
• Plan and prepare a daily schedule and lesson plan of materials to be presented to each class.
• Develop and maintain a substitute folder.
• Create a year-end report to chart material usage and circulation statistics.
• Train, organize, and supervise volunteers/substitutes to support library functions such as book prep and repair.
• Prepare and distribute overdue notices to families and collect payments for damaged or lost books.
• Serve as a resource for classroom teachers in finding library books that support their instructional needs.
• Assist staff with displays or collections of materials to support curriculum as time permits.

• Host Book Fairs during in-person parent-teacher conferences
• Serve as a member of All School Read Committee or other March is Reading Month events.
• Support Reading Initiatives your school in coordination with school Reading Resource Teachers.
• Find incentives for students to participate in reading goals.

• Encourage and promote literacy development through read-alouds, book talks, and book selection.
• Demonstrate to students use of online catalog, library organization to locate books, rules of library use, indexing systems and circulation procedures.
• Interest in optional activities that complement reading initiatives such as author visits, new book promotion, hosting a book fair, or assisting with reading events.
• Teach library etiquette and proper book care and library usage, structure and layout to access titles.
• Highlight new titles through displays and discussion.
• Learn and apply library methods, procedures, terminology, and related technology;
• Teach Library catalog skills--identifying title, call number, spine label, and book location.
• Support classroom teachers in instruction of district identified research and library skills.
• Direct teachers to guide student’s library selections.
• Foster an environment that creates enthusiasm in students for literature and reading.