Law Library Access Services Specialist (17.5 hrs/week, Temporary)
About The Position
The Howard W. Hunter Law Library is dedicated to the teaching, research, and service-oriented mission of BYU Law. We provide legal research, reference and instruction services, and access to an outstanding collection of U.S., foreign, comparative, and international law. The Law Library has assembled a staff of experienced law librarians and Utah's largest collection of law books and other legal resources. The library also serves the legal information needs of the broader community. The Collections and Access Services Assistant is responsible for the maintenance and organization of library materials, including ensuring access to the collection and providing support in meeting the necessary requirements for accreditation. This position also assists the Access Services Librarian with a variety of circulation tasks and projects. This position is temporary and is anticipated to last no more than 12 months.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree OR equivalent years of education and work experience
- Excellent customer service skills
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with coworkers and other university personnel
- Demonstrated ability to proactively review and modify processes as needs and technology change
- Demonstrated ability to easily learn and apply new technology applications including relevant digitization hardware and software such as scanners, digital photocopiers, and file management and transmission software
- Excellent professional written and verbal communication
- Detail-oriented, thorough, and can demonstrate the ability to process transactions with a high degree of accuracy
- Ability to mentor student employees in high-quality workplace skills
- Self-motivated: Ability to complete many different types of tasks with little or no supervision
- Dedicated: Ability to do repetitive tasks with a positive attitude
- Persistent: Ability to go the extra mile to meet a need
- Creative: Ability to generate multiple solutions to solve a problem
- Knowledgeable: Ability to know and enforce department/law library policies and processes
- General knowledge of collection maintenance functions (shelving, stacks management, shifting, measurement, inventory, etc.)
- Ability to support employees in most areas of the department and other areas of the library
- Provide others with necessary, correct, and timely information
- Computer literate: Ability to do various computer tasks and an aptitude for learning new computer programs, including, but not limited to: SIRSI Workflows (Symphony), computer hardware (barcode scanners, PCs, book scanners, etc.), and software (MS Office, editing software, Adobe products, etc.)
- Ability to learn and uphold department policies and procedures
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree AND library experience
- Bachelor's degree AND 3 years of professional work experience
- Customer service experience with academic clientele such as students, faculty, and university employees
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Demonstrated history of innovation and assessment of processes and workflows
- Ability to create statistical reports and present information to stakeholders
- Familiarity with searching, retrieving, interpreting, and using the library's cataloging records in a variety of national library systems/software (e.g. SIRSI Symphony, OCLC)
Responsibilities
- Maintenance and organization of library materials, including ensuring access to the collection.
- Providing support in meeting necessary requirements for accreditation.
- Assisting the Access Services Librarian with a variety of circulation tasks and projects.
- Library collection maintenance, including ensuring access to materials, shelf space management, book restoration, etc.
- Educating patrons and staff on library circulation policies and procedures.
- Assisting Access Services Librarian and Student Services Librarian with inter- and intra-organization relations.
- Assisting with digital and other projects under the direction of the Access Services Librarian and Student Services Librarian.
- Assisting with and maintaining accurate shelving statistics.
Benefits
- Employee assistance program, available to the employee and all members of their household
- Access to campus libraries
- Free on-campus parking
- Free UTA passes for employees, spouses, and qualified dependents
- Discounts at the BYU Store and for many events at BYU
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
