Sacramento - California State Library - Job Posting: Library Technical Assistant I

https://www.calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=333309

Salary

$3,477.00 - $4,351.00 per Month

Close Date 

Final Filing Date: 10/21/2022

Definition

Is the entry level for this series. Incumbents in this class assist professional librarians by performing a variety of responsible subprofessional library tasks within well-defined standards in such functional areas as book circulation, book acquisition, catalog classification, physical upkeep of library material, and book inventory. Incumbents may supervise a small group of clerical employees.

Minimum Qualifications

Either I

Equivalent to completion of the requirements for an Associate of Arts degree in Library Science.

Or II

Two years of increasingly responsible subprofessional library experience, including work in book acquisition, cataloging, reference, and compilation of bibliographies.

Knowledge Requirements

Require knowledge of elementary principles of professional library work and use of standard library tools; classification and cataloging techniques employed in fiction materials and precataloging techniques employed in nonfiction materials; library practices and procedures; data processing and research techniques related to library work; library materials, including governmental publications, pamphlets, newspapers, manuscripts, periodicals, films, and microfilms; department's Affirmative Action Program objectives; a manager's role in the Affirmative Action Program and the processes available to meet affirmative action objectives.

Ability Requirements

Require the ability to read and write English at a level required for successful job performance; learn readily, reason logically and accurately; speak and write effectively; apply good judgment in making decisions in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, procedures, and library policies; direct the work of others; maintain cooperative relations with others; effectively contribute to the department's affirmative action objectives.

Special Personal Requirements

All employees must exhibit orderliness, tact and neatness, and demonstrate an interest in library work and in assuming increasing responsibility.

Additional Desirable Qualifications

Education equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.