LIBRARY TECHNICIAN SUBSTITUTE/ON-CALL

Victor Valley College•Victorville, CA

56d

About The Position

This is a continuous recruitment for an applicant pool to fill part-time, substitute, temporary, or hourly assignments on an as needed basis. Departments or Divisions will refer to the pool of applications on file, as needed, to fill temporary assignments. Applicants will remain in the pool for at least 12 months. Compensation will be based on the position that is being subbed. Substitute compensation will be calculated using step 1 of the range the classification is placed on the Classified Salary Schedule. DEFINITION Under direction, provides a variety of technical library assistance and information to students and staff with responsibility for an assigned area such as circulation, technical processing, and periodicals; maintains student, faculty, District staff and community member accounts; oversees the inter library loans program; and performs related duties as assigned. SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED Receives direction from assigned supervisory and management personnel. CLASS CHARACTERISTICS This classification is responsible for independently performing paraprofessional duties in support of the District's library programs, requiring knowledge of library operations, including circulation, cataloging, collection acquisition, front desk operations, and related activities. Positions at this level exercise judgment and initiative in their assigned tasks, receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit.

Requirements

Equivalent to completion of the twelfth (12th) grade, supplemented by college-level coursework or specialized training in library services.
Two (2) years of experience providing technical support to a library program in an automated library environment.
Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer; vision to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone.
This is primarily a sedentary office classification although standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required.
Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate standard office equipment.
Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information.
Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 25 pounds.
Knowledge of: Operations and services of a library serving the needs of a diverse student base, faculty, and District staff.
Knowledge of: Library technical processes related to the acquisition, cataloging, classification and circulation of library materials.
Knowledge of: Library of Congress Classification System.
Knowledge of: Library policies, procedures, and terminology.
Knowledge of: Library organization, operations, policies, and objectives.
Knowledge of: Record keeping principles and practices.
Knowledge of: District cash handling and transaction processes, policies, and procedures.
Knowledge of: Basic arithmetic.
Knowledge of: Methods and techniques of ordering, cataloging, and processing library materials.
Knowledge of: Methods and techniques of performing routine repair and maintenance of library materials.
Knowledge of: A diverse range of online bibliographic data base and subsystems.
Knowledge of: Principles of training and providing work direction to student workers and interns.
Knowledge of: Inventory principles.
Knowledge of: District and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
Knowledge of: Techniques of providing a high level of customer service by effectively interacting with students, staff, faculty, representatives of outside organizations, and members of the public, including individuals of diverse academic, socio-economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, physical ability, and sexual orientation.
Knowledge of: The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Knowledge of: Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.
Ability to: Provide technical library assistance and information to students, faculty, and District staff.
Ability to: Process incoming materials and perform circulation related duties.
Ability to: Assist students and others in the use of library materials and equipment.
Ability to: Prioritize and schedule work.
Ability to: Maintain files and records.
Ability to: Compile information and generate reports.
Ability to: Provide technical support to specific assignment areas or programs such as cataloging, Inter-Library Loan Program, materials reservation, and information competency.
Ability to: Train and provide work direction to assigned part time staff.
Ability to: Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
Ability to: Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy and procedural guidelines.
Ability to: Effectively use computer systems, software applications, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks.
Ability to: Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
Ability to: Demonstrate sensitivity to, and understanding of, the diverse academic, socio-economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds of community college students.
Ability to: Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Responsibilities

Performs a diverse range of technical duties in support of the District's library program; areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to, circulation, technical processing, and periodicals.
Checks materials out to library users including books, movies, reserve textbooks, study rooms, and other items such as cataloging.
Conducts research and answers technical questions and provides assistance at the circulation desk; provides basic explanations and directions to students regarding the use of electronic card catalogs, periodical indexes, and other library reference materials.
Maintains student, faculty, District staff and community member accounts; maintains information of overdue materials, unpaid bills, and corrects contact information for each library user.
Provides technical support to the library's materials reservation program; compares current inventory and communicates with instructors on the need for new, and/or removal of older reserve materials; compares and updates course sections and reading lists; receives new materials, fills out instructor reserve agreement slips, creates a brief title record, and processes item.
As assigned, scores, organizes and records student Info Comp library assignments (scantrons) and returns to instructors; forwards same materials to Admissions and Records staff for credit toward graduation; assists students who did not pass to improve their score.
Balances cash drawers for the book sale; processes monetary transactions including payments and refunds.
Coordinates circulation control of books, periodicals, videos, CDs, DVDs, and other materials; checks materials in and out of the library; provides reserve and cataloging assistance; assures materials are returned in a timely manner and assesses fines for late materials received.
Creates requisitions for library purchases through assigned software applications; receives incoming shipments and submits invoices for payment.
Creates and oversees requisitions for library purchases; catalogs library materials and processes them for the shelves.
Monitors and performs book repair and basic preservation; replaces spine labels, bar codes and security strips, and types and replaces lost or damaged call numbers.
Assists other library staff as needed; orients, trains schedules and provides work direction to assigned student workers; prepares and signs student timesheets for assigned library area.
Collects, compiles and computes library statistics and generates reports.
Receives donations and sorts and stores them for the library's annual book sale.
Monitors group-study room and assist students using the automated group-study room process.
Picks-up, sorts and distributes library mail and parcels; delivers out-going mail.
Works productively and cooperatively with others by demonstrating respect, patience, and equitable treatment of all internal and external customers.
Observes and complies with District and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
Performs other related duties as assigned.