Hi Everyone,
Come join our awesome team: Otsego District Library is looking to hire (2) friendly and helpful part-time library clerks for evenings and weekends. This would be a great opportunity for someone searching for a second part-time library job or looking for evening work with an occasional weekend shift.
The vibrant Otsego District Library serves 14,230 residents with a budget of $518,000 and a staff of fifteen. The current beautiful library facility opened for service to the community in 2009 and is an 18,000 square foot, LEED-Silver Level building. A dedicated library millage voted in perpetuity provides 75% of the library’s operating revenue. The library offers innovative programming; in 2016, attendance at library programs doubled. The staff and library community take pride in the beautiful facility and collection. The library has many reciprocal borrowers from surrounding areas. The library has a staff known for its commitment to outstanding customer service and a supportive board that is responsive to the community.
Otsego is located in beautiful southwest Michigan, fifteen miles north of Kalamazoo, thirty miles south of Grand Rapids, and only forty minutes from Lake Michigan. The Otsego area offers affordable living, excellent schools, convenient shopping, and an outstanding quality of life.
Please share and thanks for considering!
JOB DESCRIPTION: LIBRARY CLERK
Duties and Responsibilities:
o Assists in processing and pre-processing of library materials
o Checks in materials
o Assists with weeding and deleting items
o Assists with reserves and interlibrary loan
o Waits on patrons at the circulation/reference desk, answers telephone
o Provides tech help for library’s digital collection (Overdrive, Hoopla, Ancestry, etc.)
o Assists patrons with basic computer help on the patron computers
o Supervises library pages
o Assists with library programs occasionally
Tasks:
- Evaluates condition of materials upon check-in
o Answers patron questions in person and on the telephone
- Maintains professional behavior appropriate to a public setting
- Maintains library confidentiality regarding patron records
- Other duties as assigned
Necessary skills and abilities:
o High school diploma required, college experience is highly desirable
o Previous library experience is highly preferred
o This position requires a friendly and helpful personality
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
- Ability to interact appropriately with the public
- Ability to perform repetitive tasks accurately and efficiently
- Ability to operate a cash register, copy machine, fax machine, and laminator
o Ability to work independently and establish effective priorities
- Basic computer skills necessary: Windows operating system, Microsoft Office, ability to learn library software, ability to navigate and copy/paste from the internet, email, and assist patrons with basic internet use
JOB POSTING: LIBRARY CLERK
Hourly: Average 12 hrs/wk, $10/hr
Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Pay as per the Otsego District Library Employee Handbook
STARTING SCHEDULE:
*May be subject to change
· Mondays 3-8:30,
· Tuesday or Wednesday 530-830,
· Every other Thursday 3-8:30,
· Every fifth Saturday 8:30-3
Additional hours may be available occasionally during Summer Reading Program
and other busy times of year, or as needed for subbing.
This position is supervised by the Library Director & Assistant Library Director
POSITION POSTING: March 1 – March 31 at 5 PM.
INTERVIEWS will be held the week of April 10.
HOW TO APPLY:
Email your Resume, Cover Letter and Application together as a single PDF file to:
Library Director Andrea Estelle, aestelle@otsegolibrary.org.
Application can be found on library’s website, www.otsegolibrary.org.
Paper submissions, electronic submissions in formats other than a single PDF,
and late submissions will not be accepted.
Thank you for your interest in employment at Otsego District Library!
Andrea Estelle, MLIS
Library Director
Otsego District Library
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