Access Services Library Assistant; Library Assistant

Position Summary

Join an organization where learning and community engagement come together. As an Access Services Library Assistant, you play an important part in helping patrons find what they need. This is an advanced library clerical position in the Access Services section of the State Library involving the application of complex and technical library procedures. This role offers a positive setting where your ideas and teamwork matter and you will help keep library services running with energy and purpose.

This position supports daily library operations by carrying out advanced clerical tasks in the Access Services section. The role focuses on circulation work, patron assistance, stacks care, and collaboration across departments.

• Procedure Support:
  Identify and organize Access Services procedures with colleagues
• Circulation Work:
  Handle circulation tasks and resolve inquiries using the ALMA Integrated Library System
• Patron Assistance:
  Assist visitors at service points including scheduled reference desk coverage
• Stacks Maintenance:
  Carry out shelf reading, paging, inventory work, and special projects using multiple classification systems
• Interlibrary Loan:
  Support interlibrary loan processes and locate overdue or missing items
• Collection Prep:
  Sort and prepare materials for discard, rehousing, or bindery

• Full‑time employment
• Work hours:
  
  Monday and Friday - teleworking normal 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM hours. In‑office days Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM to accommodate library open hours.
• Telework:
  You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part‑time, up to two days per week. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high‑speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you may report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
• Salary:
  In some cases, the starting salary may be non‑negotiable.

• Two years of library‑clerical experience; or
• One year as a Library Assistant 1 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration).
• An associate degree or equivalent training with major coursework in library science may be substituted for the required experience.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.

All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.