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BiblioTemps® is an employment service of the Massachusetts Library System that provides experienced library workers for temporary placements in public, academic, and special libraries throughout Massachusetts.
**Title: ** Stacks Management Assistant
Location: W. E. B. Du Bois Library, UMass Amherst (Amherst, MA)
Position Type: Temporary Start date: As soon as possible End date: December 27, 2024
Schedule:
9:00am – 5:00pm, 3 days (22.5 hours) per week: Monday, Friday and open to flexibility to work either Tue, Wed OR Thu as the third workday.
Some occasional, limited early evening hours (Fri.11am to 7pm shift) possible.
Pay Rate: $17.50 per hour CORI: Not Required
Description: This part-time, temporary position will be responsible for performing and overseeing Stacks Management retrieval, reshelving and return processing of Library materials, supervising student employees in collaboration with other supervisors in the W. E. B. Du Bois Library at UMass-Amherst and providing back-up and on-call patron service as needed.
Supervision received: • This position reports to the Manager of Circulation Services.
Supervision exercised: • Provide student staff supervision in Stacks Management and Access Services in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library as needed in collaboration with other Library staff.
Responsibilities: • In coordination with other Access Services staff, perform, and supervise student workers in the retrieval and routing of patron requested materials from the Du Bois Library’s stacks collections. • Process, sort, re-shelve and distribute returned and newly acquired materials to appropriate locations while supervising student employees in collaboration with co-workers. • Clear indoor and outdoor patron book drops, drive Library van on campus to transport library returned items from remote book drop. • Provide occasional backup and on-call assistance to Library patrons at the Du Bois Library’s Learning Commons Service Point as needed. • Assist the Library staff and patrons in the event of an emergency evacuation.
Qualifications
Qualifications: • Ability to supervise student staff. • Working knowledge of methods, materials, and technologies used in libraries. Familiarity with Library of Congress call # classification. Knowledge of Library Service Platform systems preferred. • Ability to lift, shelve and move books, bend down to carry up to 30lbs of books. • Customer service experience is strongly preferred. • Ability to establish and maintain harmonious working relationships with others. • Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing. • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
Minimum Entrance Requirements: • Workplace supervisory experience involving training, oversight, and assignment of work in a fast-paced, technology-intensive service setting strongly preferred. • Prior experience in a position requiring excellent interpersonal and customer service skills. • Experience using word processing, spreadsheet, email, chat, and web-based software applications. • Requires valid Mass driver's license
**Massachusetts Library System (MLS) is an equal opportunity employer. ** MLS is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, age, marital status, sex, physical or mental challenge, creed, religion, political affiliation, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation. Members of underrepresented groups, and those committed to working in a diverse cultural environment are encouraged to apply.
Full/Part Time
Temporary
BA/BS
Closing Date
Closing Date November 13, 2024
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