Media Assistant

Job description

The Media Center Assistant supports the Media Center Coordinator in managing the daily operations of the school library, assisting both students and staff in using Media Center resources effectively. Key responsibilities include guiding students in book selection, providing research support, and promoting library programs. The Assistant helps maintain an organized, welcoming library environment, including tasks like shelving, cataloging, and checking materials in and out. Additionally, the role involves collaborating on library events, promoting resources to the school community, ensuring a clean and safe space, and supporting positive student behavior in an inclusive, respectful atmosphere.

Summary: Performs a variety of media center support functions for students and staff. Duties include maintaining media center collections, assisting students and staff members in locating resources and materials in support of the classroom, and performing a variety of support duties related to collection, processing, circulation, maintenance, and inventory of media center materials.

Essential Duties: (These duties represent a sample and may vary by position.)

Maintains the media center's automation system and assists students and teachers with cirucluaton of resources.

Processes new books and other materials entering data into the computer and attaching slips, labels and covers.

Assists students and teachers in the use of media center materials, including the technology.

Prepares orders, reports, notices, letters, etc. as requested.

Receives periodicals and prepares them for circulation.

Sorts, retrieves, and re-shelves media materials and equipment; ensures materials are kept in an orderly manner; searches for missing books.

Cares for media center materials; including shelving materials, repairing damaged materials, maintaining bar codes, etc.

Provides basic instruction and guidance to students using educational computer hardware and software.

Assists in the inventory of media center materials.

Performs related duties as assigned.



Minimum Educational Requirements Associate Degree Preferred or actively working on associates degree with 30 or more hours

Term: 24-25 school year only

REPORTS TO:  Principal

FSLA STATUS: Exempt

DISCLAIMER

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.