Student Worker - Library Intern Job at Mid Michigan College in Harrison

Overview:

Mid Michigan College seeks individuals who: value collegiality and mutual respect; use data in decision making; are innovative; are service minded; are goal oriented; strive to continually improve themselves and their work processes; are willing to collaborate and seek to add value in every interaction.

Responsible for assisting the Library Director and Assistants by providing a learning environment for students, employees, and community members through access to library collections, resources and knowledge; enabling them to achieve their information needs through research and accomplishing learning goals. Responsible for assisting with Library Services on the Harrison and/or Mt. Pleasant campuses.

Responsibilities:

1. Assists Library Assistant(s) by working collaboratively with the Library Director for collection development.
2. Maintains the circulation desk including; issuing library cards, student/employee ID cards, answering questions, updating records, and sorting and shelving material.
3. Assists individuals and groups providing references or specific research and bibliographic training.
4. Provides training to student classrooms on electronic databases, internet, and electronic library software.
5. Assists the Library Director and Assistant(s) with interlibrary loan services and laptop/Kindle checkout. This includes working with both Horizon and Innovative for incoming and outgoing holds.
6. Assists Library Assistant(s) by scheduling breakout rooms per requests for each campus.
7. Attends departmental meetings.
8. Assists Faculty with Windows Media Center.
9. Provides tours of the library and assists with orientations.
10. Assists with the Library website and creation/editing of online tutorials.
11. Provides assistance to the Director of Library by performing clerical duties and additional directed tasks.
12. Assists the Library Director and Assistant(s) with student tracking.
13. Supports and serves as a role model for our mission, vision, values, and customer service initiatives. Adheres to the organizations policies & procedures, and compliance guidelines.
14. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively, in verbal and written format, with various constituencies including students, faculty, administrators, and community members.
• Ability to work as a member of a team.
• Strong customer service skills; ability to listen and resolve complaints in a timely and effective manner.
• Ability to work effectively in a high volume fast paced environment with accuracy.
• Computer skills and previous work experience using several applications to include word processing, creating and manipulating spreadsheets, posting and navigating websites, data entry, library databases.

Education, Certification, Licensure:

• High School Diploma and enrolled in course work at Mid.

Experience:

• Previous work experience in a community college environment preferred.
• Previous work in a library preferred.
• Previous experience working with adults students preferred.

Working Environment:

• The job responsibilities of this position are performed in an office building environment.
• There may be occasional travel to other college locations for meetings.
• There may be occasional travel for conferences/training.
• Duties are performed in an independent and team atmosphere. Continuous collaboration with team and supervisor will occur.
• The job requires minimal physical exertion, such as walking, standing, stooping, bending, climbing, lifting material or equipment, some of which may be heavy or awkward (5- 25 pounds).
• Minimal discomfort due to heat, dust and noise may occur.
• Work schedule can vary based on needs.

Note: This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a person assigned to this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties that may be performed by a person so classified. Incumbents may be asked to perform additional duties as required by his/her supervisor.

Mid Michigan College is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination in employment or the provisions of services.