Library Associate Job Description
Library associate
provides patron assistance with library services including: circulation, resource delivery, first-level reference questions and use of the library’s online catalog and databases.
Library Associate Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Support the teaching and learning needs of students, faculty, and staff by processing interlibrary loan and delivery requests, creating course reserves lists, coordinating rentals and user access to restricted study spaces, and managing user requests using a variety of library workflow software
Sample Processing/DNA Isolation/DNA Quantitation
Leading the development of marketing and customer engagement
Working collaboratively with the Australia and New Zealand Library sales team to achieve and exceed business objectives
Project managing all marketing projects for library customers generated regionally and globally
Sharing local industry/market information and competitive market intelligence
Coordinate physical delivery of items to and from the Emory University and GT campus libraries and to other libraries
Provide electronic delivery of items requested via document delivery and interlibrary loan
Prepare, receive, and process new and returning material into the LSC
Participate in open access initiatives, repository service development and digital projects
Library Associate Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Library Associate
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Education for Library Associate
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the library associate job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Education, Library, History, Associates, Law School, Computer, Technical, English, Information Science, Liberal Arts
Skills for Library Associate
Desired skills for library associate include:
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Email and complex and varied library online research database searches
Microsoft Office Applications and other interactive databases
Word processing and spreadsheet applications
Practices
Principles
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Competencies of circulation staff and of UF Libraries’ circulation manual
Desired experience for library associate includes:
Provides general supervision and support to the UAHSL Outreach and AZHIN personnel
Oversees UAHSL’s Outreach activities, working in close partnership with and supervising the Outreach Librarian
Represents UAHSL to the Arizona Health Information Network (AZHIN) consortium, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), the NNLM Pacific Southwest Region, and other regional and national partnering entities
Oversees emergency preparedness for the library
Provide customer service in a variety of environments (in-person, on the phone, email, IM, and other online environments)
Respond to email questions both internally and externally about library policies, procedures, library accounts, and services
Library Associate Examples
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Library Associate Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a library associate. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for library associate
- Behave in a professional manner towards library staff and users in accordance with all departmental and libraries policies and procedures
- Facilitate access and services for eligible users and refer non-eligible visitors to alternate options
- Circulate all types of library materials using Libraries’ LSP/ILS software
- Monitor and maintain collection, including sorting, shelving, shelf-reading, straightening ,and shifting materials
- Identify and process materials for maintenance by other library units
- Proactively monitor departmental systems and facilities for problems and appropriately report them in order to maintain smooth functioning of ACS and library
- Participate in Department and Library-wide projects and activities
- Assign and train part-time staff to assist with daily operations of units
- PCR/Molecular Cloning/Gel Electrophoresis Library Constructions/Quality Assessment/Trouble-shooting
- Reagent and Supply Inventories
Qualifications for library associate
- Must be able to exercise sound judgment and good decision-making skills
- Strong interpersonal skills that will support establishing and maintaining productive working relationships with a diverse group of faculty, staff, coworkers, and external partners
- Ability to maintain a courteous and professional manner at all times
- Must be able to work independently part of a team while meeting deadlines, completing work on established schedules, and asking for assistance, if needed, to prevent delays in accomplishing tasks
- Ability and willingness to learn new skills and functions as the operations and needs of the library evolve
- Ability to supervise the work of others including providing appropriate training and assessing work performance
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Library Associate Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a library associate. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for library associate
- STRONG experience in molecular biology, familiar with NGS library preparation
- General Lab and Notebook Etiquette
- Conducts experiments, to completion, according to specific procedures, exercising independent judgment and discretion as appropriate
- Maintains, organizes and summarizes results of experiments, noting problem areas, while recommending actions to be taken within standard procedures
- Inspects and performs routine maintenance on equipment used to conduct experiments at the designated work location
- Responsible for management of 17-18 part-time student employees
- Ordering material sample yardages and follow up on deliveries
- Receiving and checking in material
- Organizing and following-up on material storage area
- Creating and updating Design Studio material boards with accurate
Qualifications for library associate
- Ability to take initiative and find solutions when difficulties arise and no supervisor is available
- Ability to work proactively and independently and effectively communicate progress/work with team members and supervisors
- Good customer service skills and ability to assist library users with their information needs whether they are in person, over the telephone, or online
- Must be able to work overnight and weekend hours
- Working knowledge of Google Suite, ILS/LSP systems (such as Folio) and Microsoft Office
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced/multi-tasking environment prioritizing tasks and responding positively to unanticipated changes while exhibiting follow through and flexibility under demanding circumstances
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Our growing company is looking for a library associate. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for library associate
- 20% During all hours of department operation, assigns the pool of trained students in Circulation Services on a priority basis to all the areas in Circulation Services as needed, making sure all tasks are completed
- 55% Perform copy and complex cataloging that involves editing and modifying bibliographic records in SirsiDynix Symphony
- 15% Verify, edit, revise, and maintain the list of titles of books, journals, databases, for LibGuides to head of the department
- 60% Produces copy, member and complex cataloging of library materials received in most formats, including but not limited to print and electronic books, electronic theses and dissertations, microfilm/fiche, and serials
- Supervise the day-to-day management of the Library’s facilities and its operations and services
- Leads development of a cohesive information literacy curriculum
- Utilizes with speed, efficiency, and courtesy a POS retail system
- Engages customers with enthusiasm and product knowledge
- Communicates effectively to customers management
- Maintains Inventory and resets kiosk displays
Qualifications for library associate
- Demonstrated leadership skills, including evidence of excellent initiative, organizational and time management skills
- Experience gathering and analyzing internal and external data (both qualitative and quantitative) and knowledge of advanced data collection and information research methods, including the knowledge of specialized data analysis software
- Strong knowledge of issues and trends in Fine Arts including knowledge of a variety of automated library systems, record interpretation and software utilized in academic libraries skill in applying critical thinking to planning, implementing and continually improving the Libraries’ Information, Reference & Referral services in Fine Arts
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced/multi-tasking environment, responding positively to unanticipated changes while exhibiting follow through and flexibility
- Experience with commonly used data repository platforms (DSpace, Fedora, DigiTool)
- Experience working with relevant metadata standards
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Our company is looking to fill the role of library associate. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for library associate
- Standing for most of your shift
- Bending and lifting for restocking
- Ongoing maintenance and oversight of the Library Services Platform (LSP) including troubleshooting routine access issues and providing support to staff for system downtime and recovery, managing system training and liaison with third party vendors as needed
- Ongoing collection, management and analysist of departmental and library use assessment data including data required for departmental, library projects and strategic planning
- Leads and directs the HSLIC
- Open and close the library
- Provides customers with reference, technology and circulation assistance (in-person and online via chat, SMS and email), including locating library information, resources, materials and services
- As needed, facilitates meetings, makes presentations, participates in decision making and completes assignments, including shared responsibility for data collection, needs assessment and analysis to demonstrate quality of work and to continually improve customer access while creating, maintaining and updating documentation of work processes
- Provide high quality user-centered customer service
- Assist with the staffing of The Desk, including nights and weekends
Qualifications for library associate
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds for the purpose of moving books and packages
- Experience with using LIMS
- Good programming skills in programming languages
- Be creative and proactive, with the ability to provide leadership in taking an established instructional program to the next level
- Be an enthusiastic teacher of students and be willing to mentor other instructors in the library, helping them take their own instruction to the next level
- Provide leadership in the development and implementation of a high-quality information literacy instruction program
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Library Associate Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a library associate. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for library associate
- Assist with the training of student assistants
- Maintain an area of the Library’s collection and places and/or clears holds
- Perform circulation, financial, and clerical functions including monthly reports
- Perform daily opening duties and monitors the safety and security of library users, library property, and facility
- Provide vision, oversight, and leadership for HS/HSL staff in public and classroom computing, the HS/HSL Innovation Space, the internal library network and computing infrastructure, web development, instructional/collaboration technology and facilities, and special knowledge-based projects and technology initiatives
- Monitor and recommend new and emerging library applications and knowledge systems such as next generation library catalogs, aggregated discovery tools, research and collaboration systems, instructional technology, digital archives, and simulation and presentation labs and tools
- Support and advise library leadership on technologies advancing the HS/HSL vision, mission, and strategic plan
- Consult with campus IT leadership on critical issues regarding the University of Maryland computing network and infrastructure to insure a cohesive, coherent, and unified approach
- Collaborate with campus partners, diverse groups, teams, and committees to provide expertise for informed decision-making regarding the technical infrastructure needed for HS/HSL to enable library-based campus projects such as the digital archive, knowledge informatics, data management metadata application and consultation, resource sharing, online teaching and learning, and discipline- and subject-based database development
- Plan and develop the knowledge infrastructure, tools, and digital resources that support the HS/HSL's role in inter-professional education, collaboration, outreach, informatics, and translational science
Qualifications for library associate
- Be patient, persistent, and creative with the mental fortitude to address challenges in multiple ways consistently over time
- Have excellent communication skills across a range of audiences, including students, faculty, library colleagues, and the professional community
- Engage in research and be an active tenure-track faculty member capable of meeting the university’s promotion and tenure requirements for librarianship, scholarly activity, and service
- Oversees the library’s credit courses and leads curriculum design and
- One year minimum in a retail environment handling cash and working with a POS retail system
- The confidence and experience to work independently