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Part-time Library Assistant, Luce Library, Brooks School, North Andover, MA

Posted June 25, 2015

Duties/Description:

The Part-time Library Assistant works 20 hours a week during the academic year. Hours will include a combination of morning, day, evening, and weekend hours. This position reports to the Library Director and assists students, faculty, staff and community members with all library services including circulation, basic reference, and technology support. Brooks is a preparatory boarding high school.

Essential Functions include the following:

  • Helping students locate resources in online catalog, library databases, and web products
  • Troubleshooting, as needed, all library equipment and applications
  • Process new materials
  • Basic cataloging
  • Shelving of materials
  • Create material lists for research guides
  • Create and rotate library displays
  • Other clerical and library duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Candidate must have a BS degree and proven library work experience as well as comfort working with technology. The Library Assistant must genuinely enjoy working with teens and be willing to work flexible hours in a boarding school setting. Knowledge of automated library systems, Dewey Decimal System, library subject headings, and common databases such as EBSCO and Gale is required.

Salary:

$14.00 hr

Closing Date:

July 15, 2015

To Apply:

Please send cover letter and resume to Library Director Ann Massoth at [email protected]

No phone calls, please.

This library is located in North Andover, MA.

Applicants will be subject to a criminal back ground check.