What are the responsibilities and job description for the Library Evening Supervisor and Course Reserves Specialist position at Carleton University?
Job Title: Library Evening Supervisor and Course Reserves Specialist Department: Library Classification: Non-Exempt Grade: 9 FTE: 1.0
The Library Evening Supervisor and Course Reserves Specialist has primary responsibility for managing evening and weekend library operations.
Responsibilities
- Provide circulation services to library patrons including borrowing, renewal, and return of library materials and loanable technology;
- Process local, consortial, and interlibrary loan requests;
- Assist with course reserves, textbook, and other circulation desk held collections;
- Assist with use of technology equipment (e.g., microfilm, printers, and scanners);
- Stack maintenance;
- Assistance with library space;
Course Reserves Specialist Responsibilities
- Evaluate and process course reserve requests in a timely manner;
- Coordinate with faculty, library staff, and student employees as needed;
- Explain and interpret course reserve policies and procedures to faculty, staff, and students;
- Assist faculty with use of LibraryLink (Leganto);
- Monitor overdue reserve reports;
- Update and maintain procedure manual for the Course Reserves operations;
Supervision Received and Exercised
- Supervised by the Head of Access Services;
- Work direction related to course Reserves responsibilities will be provided by the Interlibrary Loan and Reserves Specialist;
- Primary supervisor for 10-15 student workers;
Education/Experience/Skills
- Four-year degree or equivalent experience working in a library setting;
- Excellent communication and public relations skills with a helpful service-oriented approach;
- Flexibility, enthusiasm, and ability to work effectively with faculty, students, and staff, and the general public;
- Technological proficiency with demonstrated aptitude for learning new software and systems;
- Supervisory experience;
- Ability to frequently lift 20 or more pounds;
- Ability to use discretion and judgment in a variety of situations;
- Ability to handle stress and emergency situations;
- Must be dependable and attentive to detail and accuracy;
- Flexibility, enthusiasm, and ability to work effectively with faculty, students, staff, and the general public;
- Willingness to adapt to a rapidly changing environment and eagerness to learn new skills;
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues at Carleton and at St. Olaf College;
