Glendale - Glendale Community College - Library Technician II (Three Positions)

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/gccedu/jobs/2690782/library-technician-ii-3-positions

Salary

$4,014.02 - $4,425.44 Monthly

Close Date

03/10/20

Description

Performs a variety of specialized technical duties in the circulation, organization and management of library resources and materials. Position may require working evening and/or weekend shifts.

Job Duties

• Catalogs electronic resources and new materials; searches and retrieves preliminary MARC-format records from OCLC or other bibliographic source; edits records; assigns classification numbers, verifies proper subject headings.
• Assists with maintenance, arrangement, cataloging, and inventory of materials collections and equipment as required; prepares new materials for shelving.
• Assists with the organization and operation of circulation and inventory activities and projects.
• Identifies bibliographic records by control numbers, tags, and subfields for downloading from OCLC or other bibliographic utilities to online library catalog.
• Updates records of holdings, title changes, and frequencies of periodicals, journals, and monographs and assigns barcodes.
• Catalogs, processes, and maintains back files of library donations.
• Compiles daily, monthly and yearly statistics of all categories of circulating items as well as in-house circulation, daily headcount. 
• Claims missing, lost and not-received periodicals, journals, and newspapers; designs computer-generated reports and publications describing library collections.
• Searches, monitors, and creates reports on all interlibrary loan transactions and maintains records of ILL activity for the California State Library.
• Communicates computer system problems involving area of responsibility.
• Prepares requisitions for payment of vendors' invoices, maintains accurate records of materials purchased, and compiles monthly and annual reports of acquisition activities.
• Composes letters, memos, and reports to vendors, libraries, faculty and staff regarding materials acquisitions and availability.
• Maintains Library Instruction Program records, including student attendance and faculty participation.
• Assists in the preparation and maintains inventory of instructional materials.
• Plan and organize workflow in area of responsibility.
• Provides work direction and training to student workers.
• Verifies time sheets for student workers.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge of:

Library terminology, standard library practices and techniques, and office record keeping and bookkeeping methods.

Cataloging standards for both electronic and print library materials.

Integrated Library Systems (ILS) or Library Services Platform (LSP).

The Dewey Decimal Classification System.

Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC) fields and tags.

Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR2).

Resource Description and Access (RDA).

Library of Congress Subject Headings.

Modern office practices.

Word processing, spreadsheets, and database utilization.

Basic accounting and statistical principles. 

Ability to:

• Perform detailed and general library tasks accurately and rapidly.
• Interpret, apply and explain rules, regulations and policies and exercise good judgment within established guidelines.
• Answer directional questions and specific queries within area of responsibility.
• Communicate clearly, concisely and effectively both orally and in writing.
• Interact positively and diplomatically with faculty and students in a multi-ethnic environment.
• Operate, troubleshoot, and instruct others in the use of standard office equipment, fax machines, modems and calculators.
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
• Train and provide work direction to others.

Employment Standards 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Three years of library para-professional experience.

Desirable Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.