Concordia College

Concordia College

Access and Reference Services Associate

Moorhead, MN, US

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 42 days ago
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About the role

  • This position is responsible for providing basic reference services and making referrals to librarians.
  • As a student supervisor, this role is responsible for hiring, initial and ongoing training, and scheduling of student employees.

Responsibilities

  • Supports outreach and engagement services.
  • Develops New Book List.
  • Manages circulation activities: Compiles circulation statistics and runs reports as needed for statistical analysis.
  • Creates/maintains access-services documentation (desk procedures, student worker manuals, emergency/closing checklists).
  • Answers reference and technical support questions (help with citations, software/hardware problems, printing, help with searching and database functionality, help finding books in the stacks, referrals to librarians).

Requirements

  • To accomplish this work, this position requires the ability to function within multiple complex systems and understand how manipulation of these systems will impact other operations
  • Essential skills for this position include problem solving, the ability to work independently, and excellent communication skills.

Skills

  • Coordinates service desk procedures and communications to ensure consistent service delivery across shifts.
  • Completes professional development opportunities and training related to reference services.
  • Oversees evening outreach activities as needed.
  • Supervises access services and reference student employees.
  • Hires, trains, supervises, and schedules student assistants.
  • Completes performance evaluations for student assistants.
  • Supports and executes collections maintenance tasks.
  • Completes electronic collection maintenance tasks, including but not limited to, withdrawing items from WMS.
  • Completes physical collection maintenance tasks, including but not limited to, shifting, recycling materials.
  • Coordinates and executes billing services.
  • Communicates with students about overdue, missing, and lost items.
  • Works with the Business Office to invoice students when items are not returned.

Benefits

  • Collaborates with Head of Collections Management Discovery and Head of Learning, Research, and Engagement Services to perform systems maintenance projects, including, but not limited to, LibGuides maintenance.
  • Collaborates with Head of Learning, Research, and Engagement Services to provide basic reference support at a single service desk.
  • Collaborates with Access and Learning Services Coordinator to ensure effective training on the following stacks maintenance responsibilities: shelving, shifting, and inventory.

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