Library Services Specialist I​/II; PT

Position: Library Services Specialist I / II (PT)
Job Posting End Date:

October 2, 2026

Department:

LIBRARY Compensation Grade:

G15

Compensation Range & Starting Salary:

Library Service Specialist I (PT) G15:
Pay Range $16.92 hourly

Library Services Specialist II (PT): G17-Pay Range $18.65

Position will be determined based on qualifications

Job Exempt (If No, Position is eligible for overtime):

No

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

20

About Us:

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Job Duties and

Preferred Qualifications:

City of Virginia Beach has a great opportunity to join Virginia Beach Public Library as a part time (20 hrs./per week) Library Service Specialist I: G15 Pay Range $16.92 hourly or Library Services Specialist II: G17-Pay Range $18.65 hourly at various locations, depending on qualifications.

This is a wonderful way to start your library career with many resources to continue your growth with us.

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Library Services Specialist I - part time - duties include but are not limited to:

Shelve library materials accurately in alpha-numeric order to ensure immediate access by staff and customers.

Maintain library materials in proper order and adjust to changes in the collection by shifting materials to improve access to them.

Assist customers with basic questions to provide quality customer service and refer more complicated questions to appropriate staff members as needed

Perform the tasks necessary to prepare the agency for opening and closing.

Regularly check the proper order of library materials on shelves

Respond effectively to customers’ requests for assistance

Ability to deal with stressful situations with tact and diplomacy

Flexibility, responsiveness, and good communication skills

Ability to learn and use the computerized circulation system

Physical ability to lift, stoop, and stretch to transfer books and materials weighing 1 - 15 lbs. each from 4 to 7.5 hours per day and to be on your feet for long periods of time. Physical ability to push/pull fully loaded, wheeled library book carts.

May perform circulation functions, including account maintenance, issuing library cards, cash handling, checking library materials in and out, managing holds and interlibrary loan requests.

Library Services Specialist II - part time (20 hrs. per week) duties include but are not limited to:

Applying a broad knowledge of customer service, library operations, services, and materials.

Providing information, reference assistance, and circulation services to library customers and promoting the library’s collection and services through tours and other activities.

Answering customer inquiries in person, virtually, and via the telephone.

Assisting with making collection recommendations and performs collection maintenance using reports.

Performing circulation functions, including account maintenance, issuing library cards, handling cash, checking library materials in and out, managing holds and interlibrary loan requests, and processing incomplete or damaged items.

Interpreting, explaining, and applying library policies and procedures to respond to customer concerns.

Facilitating library customers’ requests for information.

Conduct reference interviews with customers to clarify information needs.

Developing appropriate search strategies and identifying appropriate resources to respond to customers’ requests.

Performing information searches using search engines, online databases, the library catalog, and print resources.

Assisting and instructing customers in the use…