Library Technician I

**Library Technician I**

**Tracking Code**:req1564

**Faculty/Department**: Library

**Number of Positions**:1

**Appointment Type**: Full-Time Continuing

**Hours of Work**: 35 hours per week

**Salary Range**:Level 4 - Starting Salary, Step 1 $47,769

**Posting Date**:May 13, 2025

**Closing Date**: May 27, 2025 (7:00 pm EST)

**Job Summary**:
The Campus Libraries are pleased to announce openings for a Full-Time Library Technician I position in the Access Services department. Although the incumbent will work primarily at the Social Science, Humanities and Education Library in Charles Hall, they may also be assigned to other branches within the Ontario Tech library system. The incumbent in this position will provide outstanding customer service and be responsible for a variety of daily library operations including circulation, reference, equipment troubleshooting, shelving, shelf reading, report processing, display installation, and assisting with various projects. This position will report to the Social Science, Humanities and Education Librarian.

Shifts may be assigned during any regular library opening hours including evenings and weekends. This position includes an evening shift once a week and Saturdays once a month.

**Responsibilities/accountabilities**:

- Circulation Services: Charges, discharges and renews library material; issues and updates library cards. Provides general assistance including providing information concerning library procedures and policies; assists patrons with completing request forms, processes reports and maintains daily statistics
- Reference Services: Assists students, faculty, staff and community borrowers with front-line reference queries; demonstrates the use of the Library’s print and electronic resources and associated equipment
- Material, Facility, and Equipment Maintenance: Contributes to the overall upkeep and maintenance of the libraries’ facilities, equipment and materials, prepares for opening/closing, creates and posts signage as necessary
- Other duties may include installing displays, participating in student fairs and contributing to other team or individual projects, etc.

**Required Skills**:

- Demonstrated strong customer service attitude and skills
- Ability to work with internal and external patrons with tact and discretion
- Proven ability to resolve problems and work in teams
- Ability to safely lift library material, push loaded book carts, shelve library material, and service printers
- Reliable, punctual and committed to the assigned shift days and times
- Able to work effectively and efficiently with mínimal supervision
- Excellent organizational, written and oral communication, and attention to detail skills
- Able to handle different tasks and responsibilities simultaneously
- Able to adapt quickly to changing responsibilities and duties

**Required Education**:

- Minimal requirement is completion of one year of a two-year Library Techniques community college diploma
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
- Verification of Academic credentials may be required

**Required Experience**:

- Minimum one-year experience in a customer service environment required
- Library experience preferred
- Experience working with an Integrated Library System, knowledge of Circulation policies and procedures and/or responding to Reference inquiries is an asset

**How to Apply**:
Ontario Tech University respects people's different needs and therefore will take all reasonable steps to ensure accommodation for applicants where appropriate. The University is also committed to ensuring that confidentiality is maintained throughout all aspects of the recruitment cycle.

If you require accommodation, please contact Julie Day, Health and Disability Management Specialist. For more information about the universities policies for accommodating employees with disabilities please review the university’s Accessibility Policy

The university acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation which is covered under the Williams Treaties. We are situated on the Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation which includes Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi.

**Job Location**: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

**Expected Start Date**: 7/14/2025