Library Student Assistant

DESCRIPTION

Arrange and shelve materials, maintain proper shelf order, and assist with circulation, including charging and discharging materials and assist patrons by locating materials and answering questions.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Arrange materials on book trucks by Dewey Decimal and/or alphabetical order.
• Shelve materials in proper location and in proper order.
• Maintain the proper shelf order by reading shelves.
• Empty book/audiovisual return boxes and discharge items.
• Assist in providing circulation functions, including charging, and discharging library materials, registering patrons.
• Assist patrons in locating library materials in the online public catalog, computers, and on the shelves as needed, answer simple reference questions.
• Assist with preparing materials for adult and children’s programs with preparing bulletin boards and displays. Help collate and staple printed materials.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Required minimum qualifications:
Education: Currently attending high school or college.
Experience: No experience required. Candidates will be trained.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System, and of the Georgia PINES automated library system.
• Knowledge of bibliographic databases.
• Knowledge of county library procedures.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Skill in handling routine details accurately.
• Considerable knowledge of all state laws governing the registration and election process and materials and supplies needed to prepare for elections.
• Familiarity with geography, precinct, and other electoral boundaries within the Richmond County, Georgia area.
• Proficiency in interpreting statistical election result reports.
• Mastery of operating a personal computer.
• Good communication skills, both oral and written.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.

• Excellent communication skills both written and oral
• Strong supervisory skills
• Ability to write reports and make presentations before a large audience.
• Strong people skills

• Data Utilization: Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data using established criteria. Includes exercising discretion in determining actual or probable consequences and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.
• Human Interaction: Requires the ability to work with and apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others to coordinate programs or activities of a project, and resolve typical problems associated with the responsibilities of the job.
• Equipment: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Verbal: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.
• Math: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.
• Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.
• Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.
• Physical Abilities: Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
• Environmental Factors: Essential functions are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

OTHER

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.