Part-Time Library Assistant, Collection Development, Hoboken Public Library

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Part-Time Library Assistant, Collection Development, Hoboken Public Library

Position Title: Library Assistant p/t

Location: Hoboken, New Jersey

Scheduled hours: 25 hours per week. Daytime, evening, and weekend hours are required.

Salary: $17.37/hour

 

Summary:

The Hoboken Public Library connects people with information, ideas, and opportunities to support lifelong learning, personal growth, and community development. We believe a library’s most important resource in this pursuit is a talented, quality staff, and strive to achieve a more meaningful role in our patron’s daily lives through the development and support of its staff by implementing new and innovative approaches to providing library service.

About the Position:

Reporting to the Collection Development Manager, this position performs various paraprofessional and detailed library duties. This position also assists with collection processing and repairs. This position assists with collections maintenance including shelving of library materials, examining the collection for the condition of books, and shifting when necessary. This position is entirely in-person.

Examples of Work: 

  • Process books, media, and other materials for the collection

  • Maintain and update cataloging records in online catalog software 

  • Assist in the screening of donated materials

  • Assist with the receiving and processing of book and other circulating materials orders

  • Assist with determining quality and readiness of items 

  • Inspecting books, media for damage and repairing items as needed; charging and discharging library materials

  • Aiding in reader’s advisory for the library under the supervision of the Collections Manager

  • Providing outstanding customer service

  • Locating books and publications, based on call number

  • Performing Inter-library loan duties

  • Performing accurate shelving tasks utilizing the Dewey Decimal Classification System

  • Taking inventory of the collection

  • Assist with circulation and the creation of new patron accounts

  • Pushing book carts with library materials

  • Shifting books as needed to make room for new library materials

  • Working at all Library Branch locations as needed

  • Performing other related duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Excellent customer service skills

  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills

  • Ability to learn complex computer systems

  • Adaptability to a flexible work schedule

  • Previous library work experience preferred

  • Fluency in a language other than English, especially Spanish is highly desirable.

 

Please send your resume & cover letter to the attention of the Collection Development Manager, Nicole Marconi, to  jobs [at] hoboken.bccls.org ()

Please note that this position is subject to the NJ First Act, requiring public employees to establish residency in the State of New Jersey. See N.J.S.A. 52:14-7 (L. 2011, Chapter 70) for further information.

This is a Civil Service Job and you must eventually pass and qualify for the applicable Civil Service title.