Library Technician

6 days ago

New Westminster, Canada Douglas College Full time $53,738
Position Details

Location
New Westminster/Coquitlam Campus

Salary Range
$53,738 annually (with wage increments to a max of $60,006 annually). Salary and wage increments are in accordance to the Collective Agreement.

The Opportunity

The world of books and catalogues fascinates you endlessly. Your adeptness in communication and devotion to organizing and structuring make you an intuitive leader. As a confident people person, you easily navigate your way through daily interactions with students, faculty, and staff. People enjoy coming to you for your wealth of knowledge, and you’re excited to display your expertise on the subject matter. If this sounds like you, we need your talents Apply to the Library Technician position, and join our dedicated and supportive team.

WHO WE ARE

Do what you love. Be good at it. That’s how Douglas College defines a great career. It’s a philosophy that resonates through our classrooms, our offices and our boardrooms. It inspires our students and drives us to make Douglas College one of BC’s Top Employers. We love what we do. And we’re looking for passionate, motivated people to join us in making one of Canada’s best degree-granting colleges even better.

Be a part of an institution where everyone is committed to empowering successful students, creating responsive learning environments, fostering social and environmental responsibility, and supporting healthy learning and work environments.

WHAT WE OFFER

We offer the opportunity to do what you do best in an inclusive, collaborative and collegial environment. At Douglas, our goal is to ensure our people are valued and supported by promoting a healthy work-life balance, professional growth, and development, as well as a safe and respectful workplace.

  • Transit-accessible campuses
  • Hybrid work arrangements for eligible positions
  • Competitive salaries
  • Excellent Health and Dental Benefits for eligible positions
  • Defined-Benefit Pension Plan for eligible positions
  • Professional Development funding
  • Access to our Fitness Centres and Classes
WHAT IT TAKES
  • Two to three years’ current work experience with online acquisitions and cataloguing within an automated integrated library system environment, preferably in a high-volume academic library, involving a wide variety of material types and vendors.
  • Excellent working knowledge of the English language (written and verbal); ability to speak to small groups in informal and formal settings.
  • Demonstrated ability to create original catalogue records using current cataloguing practices (AACRII, RDA); classify using LCC; do subject analysis with LCSH, CSH, MeSH; encode data using standard MARC format; familiarity with emerging cataloguing and metadata standards.
  • Experience with library information systems, preferably FOLIO, using a variety of functions including acquisitions, cataloguing, serials, circulation, OPAC; Z39.50 searching; LC’s Classification Web product and Authorities website; other online bibliographic and authority databases including WorldCat, AMICUS, LC, Outlook Online, A-G Canada, etc.
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of library acquisitions procedures and terminology in all material formats including serials. Working knowledge of publisher and vendor practices, bibliographic tools and databases.
Additional Information

This regular full-time (35 hours per week) position is available starting January 6, 2025. Regular hours of work are Monday to Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm. Occasional evening and/or weekend work may be required. The position is located at the New Westminster campus; however, successful candidate must be available for occasional work at the Coquitlam campus. Douglas College (DC) is committed to supporting a healthy work/life balance for employees. A modified schedule may be considered after successful probation period.

Equity Statement

Douglas College is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and equitable learning and working environment. In support of this journey, we welcome all people to apply, including people from groups that are experiencing inequity, including, but not limited, to Indigenous Peoples, racialized or persons of colour, persons with mental or physical disabilities, persons who identify as women, and/or persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and persons of all faith identities, age, marital status, and parental status.

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