Location: North Adams, MA Category: Other Posted On: Tue Mar 5 2024 Job Description:
The Saturday Library Assistant staffs Freel Library on Saturdays during the academic year. The Library Assistant collaborates with other staff to open and close the library building, answer basic informational, directional, and technological questions, circulate materials, and monitor building conditions. They also participate in ongoing and special projects and may oversee the work of student assistants who are scheduled to work during their shifts. The overall purpose of the position is to support student success and well-being by expanding the library's ability to provide equitable access to information, learning spaces, staff support, and programming.
Responsibilities:
During the academic year, provides library staffing on Saturdays; occasional (optional) opportunities for evening/weekend substitute hours.
Collaborates with other staff to open and close the building according to established procedures.
Staffs the library service desk, circulates items, answers basic informational, directional, and technological questions, and refers more complex questions to reference librarians or other campus offices/services as appropriate.
Contributes to ongoing and special projects, in consultation with full-time library staff.
Performs periodic walkthroughs of the building, records door and head counts, and enters data.
Monitors conditions in the library facility; addresses behavioral issues; communicates with after-hours Facilities, Public Safety, IT, and Student Affairs staff as appropriate. Follows established protocols for staff and patrons during emergencies.
Communicates with weekday library staff using established channels to remain current on library and college-wide developments and share information about Saturday library operations.
Job Requirements:
1 year of experience providing direct services to the public in a library, retail, or similar setting.
Ability to reliably and consistently work on Saturdays during the academic year (approximately 30 Saturdays per year, September-May, excluding breaks in the academic calendar).
Demonstrated ability to interact respectfully and effectively with the public and respond to questions and needs in a timely and professional fashion.
Demonstrated familiarity with and ability to provide basic troubleshooting of software and hardware commonly used in teaching and learning (e.g., office/productivity software; Windows workstations; printers/copiers/scanners).
Demonstrated ability to understand, interpret, and apply policies equitably and tactfully.
Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision, solve problems, and employ sound judgment and discretion.
Excellent communication/interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate with patrons and colleagues in person and communicate with supervisors and weekday colleagues in writing using established channels.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
1 years of library work experience.
Experience using an integrated library system.
Familiarity with Library of Congress call number system.
Additional Information:
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts strongly encourages employees to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations. The Centers for Disease Control recommendation is that everyone aged 6 and up should get 1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of whether they've received any original COVID-19 vaccines.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. Should you need to request a reasonable accommodation for the application process, please email Barbara Chaput, Chief Human Resources Officer.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is deeply committed to fostering a community of excellence, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We provide equal access to educational, co-curricular and employment opportunities for all applicants, students, and employees regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital or parental status, veteran status, or membership in any other legally protected class. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts does not discriminate on the basis of sex in any educational program or activity that they operate, which extends to admission and employment.
Inquiries about Title IX, Equal Opportunity, or ADA/504 and other non-discrimination policies may be directed to MCLA's Title IX Coordinator and Equal Opportunity Officer, to the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, or both.
Justin MacDowell
Title IX Coordinator and Equal Opportunity Officer
375 Church Street, North Adams, MA 01247
Phone: (413) 662-5571
justin.macdowell@mcla.edu
U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
33 Arch Street, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02119-1424
Telephone: (617) 289-0111; FAX: (617) 289-0150; TDD (877) 521-2172
OCR.Boston@ed.gov