Library Assistant
2 weeks ago
**Classification & Regular Hours**: Hours per Week: 35 Salary Grade: Level M Please note, this is a 1 year temporary full time contract opportunity covering a leave of absence. **Secondments are Welcome**: Click here for more details on secondment opportunities. **About Western**: Since 1878, Western University has been committed to serving our communities through the pursuit of academic excellence and by providing students, faculty, and community members with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth. We seek excellent students, faculty, and staff to join us in what has become known as the "Western Experience" - an opportunity to contribute to a better world through the development of new knowledge, new abilities, new connections, and new ways to make a difference. **About Us**: Western Libraries is committed to excellence: anticipating information and service needs related to the University’s goals for research and scholarship, teaching and learning, and service to our university community and key partners. Our staff engages the Western academic community in the development of new services, and continuously strives to exceed the expectations of our diverse user groups. **Responsibilities**: The Library Assistant in Discovery, Description and Metadata facilitates access to library resources for students, faculty, staff and other users through the creation, enhancement, and maintenance of bibliographic information in Western Libraries catalogue while also providing support to the Metadata Management Librarians. The role provides support to the Acquisitions team and is responsible for the timely, accurate and efficient manner of receiving both monographs and serials, sourcing of records and finishing, where applicable, of library materials in various format (e.g. books, e-books, journals, etc.). **Qualifications**: **Education**: - 3-year University Bachelor’s degree required; Bachelor’s degree and a college diploma, or courses taken, from a Library Technicians program preferred **Experience**: Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: - Demonstrated general knowledge of metadata schema used in institutional repositories and for digitized material - Detail-oriented with an ability to function and process information with high levels of accuracy - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to describe technical matters in non-technical terms - Ability to maintain a positive, outgoing attitude with a genuine customer service orientation, with the ability to demonstrate a commitment to responsive and innovative service - Proven resourcefulness, initiative, innovation to interpret policies and procedures and identify appropriate solutions - Ability to work effectively both independently and as a team member, working collaboratively and collegially with colleagues to achieve department goals - Self-motivated multi-tasker with strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities - Reading knowledge of additional languages (such as Slavic and Asian languages, etc.) would be an asset **Union Statement**: **Western Values Diversity**: **Please Note**: We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.
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Student Library Assistant
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London, Canada Western University Full time**About Western**: Since 1878, Western University has been committed to serving our communities through the pursuit of academic excellence and by providing students, faculty, and community members with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth. We seek excellent students, faculty, and staff to join us in what has become known as...
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