Library Specialist

General Description

Under the direction of the Director, Learning Resources, the library specialist will perform specialized duties involving processing of the general, reference, oversize, continuation and series collections and input information into the data base; maintain faculty reserve material; interview, select and provide work direction to student employees.

This position is a 12-month, full-time position.

Monday –Friday 7 : 15 a.m. -4 : 15 a.m.

Initial placement is at $53,581

College of the Sequoias Community College District serves a diverse community of learners and is a designated Hispanic Serving Institution. COS provides a wide range of opportunities in transfer, general education, career and technical programs for our students. We are dedicated to recruiting employees who are committed to helping a diverse population of students achieve their educational goals. We seek candidates who exhibit an understanding and commitment to the community college mission, and who have a passion for student success.

Job Duties

Job duties of the Library Specialist include :

• Oversee and participate in processing of library books; process new books received by assigning accession numbers, input information into database and maintain related information.
• Interview, select, train, provide work direction to and monitor the performance of student employees; adjust work schedules and assign student employees to provide appropriate patron service; assist in training temporary and subordinate staff.
• Process book acquisitions; prepare and maintain shelf lists from computer; prepare books for placement on shelf; discard or store obsolete or out of data materials; remove related information from database.
• Maintain materials for faculty and notify faculty when books have been placed in the collection.
• Place books on reserve and return to library collection as appropriate; prepare monthly book lists.
• Provide information and assistance to students, staff and the general public in use of library processes, indexes and other bibliographical materials in the library.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications  (Education & Experience) :

Any combination equivalent to : two years of college level course work with major emphasis in library science and two years’ experience in a library.

Working Conditions

Environment

Physical Abilities

Knowledge and Abilities

Knowledge of :

Ability to :

Application Procedure

To be considered applicants must submit  ALL of the following required material before or by the filing deadline :

College of the Sequoias does not sponsor H-1B Visas