What are the responsibilities and job description for the Serials / Systems Librarian Job at Georgia Public Library Service in Atlanta position at Georgia Public Library Service?
Responsibilities :
- Oversee the activities of the library and provide assistance, guidance, and training to library customers on accessing and retrieving information contained in the library system.
- Provide support for customers through in-depth reference and research on topics ranging from moderate to complex difficulty.
- Respond to informal requests for library information received in-person, via e-mail, or phone, such as whether specific material (journal issue) has been received, where to find a given title in the collection, and how to access particular electronic resources.
- Interpret the information query to identify the nature of the information requested; select appropriate print and / or electronic information resources; perform literature searching; evaluate information retrieved and provide information to the requestor.
- Provide technical services support for the library system, including acquisition of information from a variety of sources, cataloguing and classification of materials in the library collection using established cataloguing and classification systems and processes, inter-library loans of materials, and other services essential to the operation of the entire library system.
- Participate in the development and testing of electronic information resources.
- Keep abreast of rapidly changing advances in the profession and of Agency initiatives through participation in professional associations, consortia, committees, workshops, panels, discussion groups, and advisory groups.
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