Assistant Librarian position (full-time), French Cultural Center Alliance Française, Boston, MA

Posted January 21, 2016

The Library of the French Cultural Center seeks someone to supervise circulation services, catalog periodicals and help promote collections. 

Job Qualifications

• French Knowledge: advanced reading and speaking skills,
• Customer service skills,
• Curiosity for francophone literature, music and cinema.
• Library experience and/ or education strongly preferred. Book store experience could work as well.
• Computer-savvy.

Duties:

1. Supervises and manages circulation desk operations: handles check-ins, checks the drop box daily, creates new user accounts and updates current ones in circulation software and Culturethèque;
2. Assists patrons in finding library materials and in searching the public catalog, as needed; shows how to use Culturethèque;
3. Answers reference questions; provides informed recommendations;
4. Closes the library, assumes responsibility for operation of the library when librarian is absent;
5. Shelves returned items
6. Contacts patrons who are late returning material, and prepares invoices for replacement of lost items;
7. Catalogs new periodicals’ issues, reports missing issues;
8. Assists in the setting up of displays (creates signs and helps selecting material, and is invited to come up with ideas of themes); Takes part in spotlighting items on a rotating basis, and in suggesting marketing content and reading recommendations;
9. Helps with weeding (deletes items selected by Head Librarian in catalog) and inventory projects.
10. Performs additional duties as requested by the Librarian.

While the focus of this position is circulation, we expect the Assistant to help with other projects during down time.

Decision Making Authority: Operates under the general direction of the Head librarian. Has the authority to make decisions regarding the operation of the circulation desk within the limits set by the Head Librarian.

Schedule:
We are looking for someone to work 40 hours a week, sometimes Tuesday through Saturday (September through June) and sometimes Monday through Friday (July and August). Hours will be 11 to 7 Tuesday-Thursday and 9-5 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Salary: $38,000 plus benefits.

Start date: February 2016.

About the Library of the French Cultural Center: Created in 1945, our lending Library offers 28,000 documents in all formats and is the second collection of this type in the U.S. (among a network of c. 100 Alliances Françaises in the U.S.). We cover works originally published in French. We serve a diverse audience ranging from beginner-level students to native speakers.

Find out more on our website: www.frenchculturalcenter.org

Apply by emailing Marie Lalevée, Head Librarian: librarian@frenchculturalcenter.org

No phone calls please.