Department Assistant -Public Services FT $15.00 Hourly
$31,200–$31,200 year
On-siteEast Chicago, Indiana, United States
East Chicago, Indiana, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$31,200–$31,200 yearSmall
Full TimeSmall
Job Summary
Check out and renew materials, process holds, collect fees, and register borrowers at the service desk. Answer the central switchboard, route calls, take messages, and make public announcements. Maintain library inventories, process records, and prepare materials for shelving or filing. Sort, inspect, clean, and shelf items in alphanumeric order while keeping the facility neat and orderly. Handle problem patrons by enforcing policies, participating in emergency procedures, and completing incident reports when necessary.
Required Qualifications
- Must qualify for Librarian Certificate 6 (LC6)
- High school diploma or GED
- 5 years of library experience
- 9 semester hours of required library science courses
- Maintains current certification
- Completes a minimum of 50 Library Educational Units every 5 years
- Accurate keyboarding at a minimum of 25 words per minute
- Demonstrated knowledge of proper telephone etiquette
- Ability to accurately take messages and identify appropriate destinations
- Skill at accurately and efficiently sorting and shelving materials in alphanumeric order
- Ability to accurately shelve at a consistent rate of at least 100 items per hour
- Shelf read at 500 items per hour
- Physical capacity to place materials on shelves at all shelving heights
- Ability to work in a team setting
- Willingness to assist and support coworkers
- Contribute ideas
- Maintain flexibility
- Be able to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
- Conveying up to 15 pounds
- Frequently standing simultaneously using hand, wrist and fingers
- Occasional sitting, walking, stooping, bending, squatting, reaching overhead or in front of body, and traveling to outside meetings and engagements
- Frequently talking and hearing ordinary conversation in person or by phone in a quiet but sometimes noisy environment
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