Evening​/Weekend Circulation & Resource Sharing Specialist

Overview

Classification: Library Services Specialist II

Hours: Full-time / 40 hours per week

FLSA: Non-exempt

Anticipated Hiring Salary Range: $4,061 (Step
2) to $4,396 (Step
6) per month

CSUMB Salary Schedule

* CSUMB provides pay scales representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for this position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined on factors such as the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, and CSU systemwide pay for comparable jobs.

Priority Screening Date: January 11, 2026

Recruitment Status: Open Until Filled

California State University, Monterey Bay is a mid-sized university in California’s Central Coast that grants undergraduate and graduate degrees. CSUMB is part of the nation’s largest four-year public university system, California State University, which educates nearly 460,000 students every year. CSUMB is committed to inclusive excellence and sustainability goals.

Under the general supervision of the Library Dean and the day-to-day work direction of the Circulation Services and Resource Sharing Specialists, the Evening/Weekend Circulation and Resource Sharing Specialist works independently to provide circulation services and monitors the library building during evening/weekend hours. The specialist is also responsible for supporting the Resource Sharing unit.

• Provides direct services to library users, supervises Circulation Student Assistants, carries out routine circulation functions, and provides primary day-to-day oversight of the library building collaboratively with other on-duty circulation staff. Carries out building opening and closing routines. Works evening and/or weekend hours.
• Assists patrons with borrowing and returning items, resolving account issues, etc.
• Provides basic information about library resources and refers patrons to a librarian for in-depth or specialized subject instruction
• Participates in the recruitment, hiring, training, scheduling, supervision and evaluation of student assistants
• Participates in stack maintenance and provides work direction to student assistants in shifting, shelf reading, cleaning and labeling
• Conducts periodic searches for overdue and recalled items, and processes found items for the patron hold shelves
• Assists with processing and cataloging specialized items for check-out, including but not limited to laptops, hotspots, headphones, and kits
• Assists with printing and posting departmental handouts and signs and provides input for circulation-related sections of the library website
• Communicates with the University Police Department and Parking Services about potential security issues in the facility
• Reports physical plant and janitorial issues to facilities and custodial services personnel when appropriate
• Assists in interlibrary lending and borrowing of physical and electronic library materials
• Processes and fulfills lending requests of physical items
• Processes and updates returned physical items
• Processes incoming mail
• Processes courier bags

Performs other job-related duties and special projects as assigned.

Knowledge: General knowledge of library collection organization and classification scheme and ability to interpret bibliographic records. Working knowledge of institution’s and library’s policies and practices associated with the ethical use of and access to library and online resources. Basic knowledge of national standards and guidelines pertaining to libraries, including working knowledge of institution’s standards pertaining to copyright and intellectual property protection and the ability to source and apply such policies and standards to avoid potential violations.

General knowledge of library accounting and budget procedures, including the ability to perform arithmetic operations to track and monitor vendor accounts and budgets.

Skills: Full proficiency in all technical aspects of work assignments including a thorough knowledge of functional area policies…