Library Aide

Palmdale School District•Palmdale, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

To perform a wide variety of support and clerical library duties and responsibilities involved in operating and maintaining a school site library including acquisition, cataloging, circulation, distribution, and inventory management of library resources, instructional resources, or other media. Assist patrons. Assist in the development and implementation of library skills curriculum.

Requirements

Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.
One year of general clerical experience or related work.
Applicants must meet the ESSA requirements in one of the following ways: Completed at least two years of study an institution of higher education (48+ college units); or Obtained an Associate's or higher degree; or Demonstrate, through a formal State or local academic assessment, knowledge of, and the ability to assist in instructing, reading, writing, and mathematics.
Typing Requirement 30 net words per minute

Nice To Haves

Library experience highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain school site library resources and instructional resources; select and order new books, periodicals, reference materials, instructional resources, and other educational media.
Prepare and give programs to children on use of library and programs to encourage reading; develop grade level instructional materials.
Maintain a variety of records and filing systems pertaining to the acquisition, inventory, and distribution of library resources, instructional resources, and other educational media.
Receive new books, periodicals, reference materials and audio-visual materials, instructional resources, or other educational media; check orders against invoices, requisitions and purchase orders; prepare materials for distribution including basic cataloging and affixing identification labels to materials and/or using bar coding inventory management systems.
Check out instructional resources to patrons; check in and prepare materials for return to the circulating collection; register new patrons; prepare list of overdue books and prepare overdue slips, by use of computer programs, as well as manually.
Repair books including reinforcing spines, taping torn pages, and retyping pockets and cards.
Assist students and teachers in making effective use of library facilities and materials; assist patrons in locating materials; answer questions and provide information.
Maintain card catalogs, site shelf list, and other files.
Conduct site library inventory; inventory books, periodicals, reference materials, audio-visual equipment, and instructional resources using automated systems or manual processes.
Compile data and prepare summary activity reports including circulation and other statistics.
Collect payment for lost instructional materials; and maintain appropriate records to submit to accounting department.
Locate books and other materials using index and catalog guides.
Retrieve and shelve books and other materials.
Perform routine clerical assignments, including typing and answering telephones, related to the library.
Prepare and maintain displays and other exhibits in the library.
Perform related duties as assigned.