Materials Librarian, Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
Posted October 6, 2015
The position of Materials Librarian is a part time non-exempt position of 12-20 hours per week providing administrative support, check-out, inventory, and management of the Materials Library collection for use by on-site degree and certificate students for course projects. This position reports to the Director of Undergraduate Interior Architecture.
I. Responsibilities and Duties
- Actively procures materials and samples from design firm libraries, showrooms, manufacturers, and vendors.
- Organizes materials and samples to facilitate hands-on research and access to the Materials Library collection.
- Periodically refreshes the contents of the collection to stay current with contemporary practice.
- Manages a check-out and return process for materials and samples.
- Answers student questions and suggest additional sources.
- Works with instructors in Materials & Methods, Textiles, and Sustainable Material Assemblies courses to support educational goals, and studio instructors to support fully-resourced project presentations.
- Organization of the Materials Resources by CSI standards
- Create / maintain an inventory of materials on hand
- Contact and meet with materials representatives to restock the library
II. Standards of Professionalism
A.Team and Interpersonal skills: Success in this position requires positive relationships with other team members including support staff and more senior staff. These persons must thus be approached in a way that makes them feel valued as individuals and team members and takes into account the necessities of work as seen from their perspective.
B.Service orientation: Success in this position requires a service-oriented perspective in which, to the greatest extent possible, students and faculty are treated in such a way as to feel valued and well served in their contacts with the school through you.
C. Confidentiality and discretion: Success in this position requires the ability not only to maintain the confidentiality of prospective/student and faculty records, but also the ability to discern when it is appropriate to divulge privileged, if not necessarily confidential, information.
III.Qualifications
Interior Designer, or BAC degree student Segment two or higher, good interpersonal skills and organizational ability, must be able to work late afternoon and evenings from Noon – 10 pm Monday through Friday, not to exceed 20 hrs. per week.
IV. Requirements
- Must be able to work evenings.
- Must be able to speak clearly and understand spoken communication.
- Must be flexible in terms of position description duties and responsibilities.