Library Assistant

3 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada Columbia College Full time

About Us

Since 1936, Columbia College has offered quality educational programs, including a University Transfer Program fully integrated into the BC Transfer System, an Associate Degree Program certified by the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, a University Preparatory Program, and a High School Program certified by the Ministry of Education. Thousands of Canadian and international students have progressed through Columbia College's programs to Canadian universities or successful careers.

The Opportunity

Key Responsibilities
- Assist remote patrons with reference, citation, and library-use questions via Teams, Zoom, and AskAway.
- Assist in-person patrons with locating materials, use of equipment and technology, use of online resources, citations, and reference questions
- Create and maintain LibGuides and Moodle lessons.
- Perform general circulation duties, including check-in check-out, creating and maintaining patron records, opening and closing duties, and troubleshooting issues with patron accounts.
- Stack maintenance and general library tidiness
- Assist with material processing, book displays, social media, other library outreach initiatives, and other projects as assigned.
- Library Technician diploma completed or in process; BA preferred
- At least one year of work experience in an academic library setting

**Skills & Abilities**:

- Knowledge of MLA, APA, and Chicago citation styles.
- Comfortable with library circulation services and procedures.
- Experience using an Integrated Library System.
- Extensive working experience with Microsoft Office suite, including Access, Excel and Word.
- Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills
- Friendly, approachable, with a customer-service orientation
- Able to exercise good judgment.
- Adaptable, flexible, and a team player.
- Able to work independently with mínimal supervision.
- Knowledge of International Students and the challenges they face is an asset.

**Hours of Work**: On-call and scheduled shifts Monday to Saturday as needed. The bulk of work is performed during the 8th -13th weeks of the semester (late October-early December). Some evening availability is required.

Salary

The gross rate for this position is $28.29

How to Apply

Please note that filling out the entire profile is not mandatory to upload the required resume and cover letter on the platform.

Application Deadline**: September 23, 2023**

We thank all applicants for their interest in the position; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

**Requirements**:
**Type**

**Description**

**Status**
- BACH- Bachelor's Degree- Required Before Job Starts- CDIPL- College Diploma- Required Before Job Starts- DIPL- Diploma- Required Before Job Starts- CONFLICT 0- Conflict Management- Recommended- LEAD 0- Leadership- Recommended- PLANNING 0- Planning- Recommended- PROJECT 0- Project Management- Recommended

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