Austin Community College is hiring: Assistant, Senior Library in Austin

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Assistant, Senior Library

Apply locations South Austin Campus

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 6 Days Ago

Time left to apply: End Date: February 10, 2025 (7 days left to apply)

Job requisition id: R-7217

Job Posting Closing Times: Job postings are removed from advertising at 12:00 A.M. on the closing date e.g., at midnight on the day before the closing date.

Job Posting Title: Assistant, Senior Library

Job Description Summary: Coordinate circulation services at the library, including circulation desk services, staffing, bookkeeping, and training; assist patrons, report/collect usage statistics, and stack and collection maintenance in a highly automated, dynamic and diverse, customer service, and teamwork-oriented environment.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

1. Assists patrons with directional questions, equipment use, and updating patron information.
2. Oversees and/or performs delivery of the following roles: periodical collection, reserve collection, special collections, circulation projects, stack maintenance, and technology.
3. Assures that circulation task completion meets Austin Community College (ACC) policies, and Library Services guidelines by reviewing for accuracy and timely completion.
4. Compiles and maintains library statistics, such as equipment use, gate count, inventories, and repair and service records.
5. Coordinates a team environment to ensure quality customer service to students, faculty, and staff.
6. Coordinates and oversees the work of circulation staff and public service role assignments including determining priorities, scheduling, assigning, training (i.e. training on various electronic devices), and overseeing the completion of work.
7. Reconciles money collected from library fines and fees, creates invoices in college system(s).
8. Opens and/or closes the library.
9. Monitors maintenance needs and notifies appropriate staff for facilities and/or technical problems.
10. Tracks and troubleshoots issues (i.e., desktop authentication) with library equipment; including computers/laptops, printers, copiers, security gate, and other equipment.
11. Assists the head librarian in promoting and implementing library safety and security.
12. Facilitates circulation services training of full-time, part-time, hourly, work study, and other library employees.
13. In the absence of library manager assists patrons as needed by contacting other ACC libraries.
14. Establishes and/or revises work methods, forms, processes or procedures to improve workplace efficiency.
15. Serves on Library Services or other ACC teams, committees, or group work projects.
16. Coordinates and manages team projects (collection, e-devices maintenance, assisting with project implementation).

Knowledge

• Principles and practices of library operations.
• Library proprietary software.
• Current technology practices.
• Office productivity.

Skills

• Maintaining effective time management practices.
• Using effective oral and written interpersonal and workplace communication skills.
• Coordinating, delegating, and overseeing the work of others.
• Providing superior customer service.
• Training other library employees (paraprofessional and faculty).
• Problem-solving and reporting skills.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.

Required Work Experience

Two years related work experience.

Required Education

Associate degree. Four years of related work experience may substitute for the degree.

Special Requirements

Valid Texas Driver's License and reliable transportation needed for local Austin area travel.

Physical Requirements

Work is performed in a standard office or similar environment. Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling. Occasional lifting of objects up to 30 pounds.

Salary Range
$47,840 - $53,760

Reports to Head Librarian

Number of Openings: 1

Job Posting Close Date: February 10, 2025

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job.