Library Technical Services Director jobs in Kansas

Job Title: Technical Services Clerk

Department: Administration

Reports To: Director

FLSA Status: Nonexempt

Prepared By: Library Director

Prepared Date: 5-8-2024

Salary Range: $13.16-$17.01

Summary

Performs essential clerical duties for library technical services, service as needed for interlibrary loans and reserves, and provides customer service at public service desks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Cataloging:

· Retrieves OCLC MARC records for incorporation into library consortial catalog database

· Modifies downloaded MARC records as needed and attaches holdings.

· Deletes holdings for items removed from the library collections

· Performs routine catalog maintenance

· Performs additional duties as required to insure the timely processing of all Library materials.

Reserves & Interlibrary Loan

 Serves as a back-up for these functions as needed including when the staff members who routinely perform them are absent.

Miscellaneous

· Attends staff meetings and trainings.

· Assists at public service desks as scheduled.

· Assists with special and ongoing projects as assigned

· Participates in library committees as assigned

Maintains a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner that facilitates positive professional relationships with patrons, co-workers and management.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

Two years of appropriate formal post secondary school courses; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Current driver's license

Other Skills and Abilities

Ability to speak and understand some Spanish desirable.

Other Qualifications

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $13.16 - $17.01 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Junction City, KS 66441 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Junction City, KS 66441: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person