Library Assistant, Lower School

Location:

Lower School - San Jose, CA 95130.

Position Type:
Staff.

Salary Range: $24.00 - $29.00 Hourly.

Taking direction from the campus librarian, the Library Assistant provides a range of library services in a school library setting.

• Ability to communicate in effective English with staff, outside firms, etc. in person, by telephone and via email.
• Minimum one-year experience in a library, school, or bookstore.
• Minimum one-year experience working with groups of children (school, day camp, park district, etc.).
• Minimum one year of clerical experience.
• High School diploma or equivalent (required).

• Assist in preparation of the library for instruction.
• Create and maintain library displays.
• Use basic library information and communication technologies to assist library users in locating materials.

• Monitor and maintain acceptable student behavior conducive to learning.
• Contact faculty as needed, regarding library materials and programs.

• Maintain a neat library by organizing chairs, picking up papers, shelving books, and general straightening.
• Dust and clean computers, tables, shelves, lamps, displays and book carts.
• Empty paper recycling containers.
• Maintain an orderly workspace and circulation desk.
• Maintain student supplies, library printers, copy machine and scanner.
• Maintain a library lost and found, delivering unclaimed items to campus lost and found weekly.
• Monitor student use of library resources.
• Participate in campus emergency procedures as instructed by Campus Librarian.

• Process, shelve, circulate, and repair books and other resources according to library procedure.
• Maintain circulation records, including collecting and accounting for lost, damaged, or overdue materials.
• Maintain and circulate audio-visual equipment to the adult school community.
• Maintain records for Inter-Campus Loans.
• Conduct regular inventories of library resources and maintain appropriate records.
• Generate purchase lists based on librarian-annotated review materials.
• Help enhance online catalog with content notes.
• Deliver and collect library mail.
• Participate in organizing library events as directed by the Campus Librarian.
• Prepare periodic statistical reports.
• Prepare purchase orders under the supervision of the library director or electronic resources librarian.
• Participate in annual or semi-annual library inventories.
• Participate in training as required.
• Update the online classroom calendar.

• Commute between campuses, on an as-needed basis, through a reliable means of transportation.
• Assumes responsibility for related duties as required or assigned.
• Dependably open and or close the library alone, managing computers, lights, locks, etc.
• Stand on a library stool to retrieve books.
• Hear individuals, groups, telephone and intercom communications, public address announcements, emergency signals, etc.

• Ability to work with children and young adults.
• Ability to job-share with co-workers.
• Skilled at using MS Office Word, Excel, and Google Docs.
• Familiarity with scanner and copier functions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, staff, and faculty.
• Ability to develop positive cooperative relationships with others.
• Ability to receive and to give positive feedback and constructive criticism.
• Ability to operate library information and communication technologies.
• Ability to supervise students in an appropriate manner.
• Interest and ability to learn new skills.

• Lift boxes weighing 20 pounds.
• Push a book truck loaded with books.
• Stand up and reach, bend down to shelve, retrieve, and inventory books.