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Morton College
Student Aide -Library
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What they do
A Library Assistant or Technician assists librarians with organizing materials and helping patrons. Works in a public library, school library, or specialized medical, business or law library. May assist with technology resources in the library.
$39,866 / year median in Illinois
+0% projected growth
Job Description
Description Summary Assist librarians with daily operations of the college library by performing routine library duties such as checking material in and out, locating and shelving items, and assisting patrons with routine library usage. Duties & Responsibilities
- Check out and check in books, media, reserve books and other library materials.
- Process holds, recalls, renewals and other patron requests.
- Sort books for shelving.
- Answer basic informational, directional and library policy questions, help patrons locate materials in the stacks, providebasic copy machine assistance.
- Assist with processing interlibrary loan, and Call Slip requests.
- Answer phone calls and directs calls as needed.
- Handle money and give change for printer cards.
- Record and tally usage statistics and exit gate readings.
- Assist with technical questions including sending faxes, scanning documents, and assisting with copy machines and printers.
- Gather, sort and shelve books and journals.
- Shelf-read the stacks and other collections for proper call number order.
- Straighten the shelves of books, update aisle markers as needed, and replace bookends.
- Shift tight areas.
- Search the stacks for books reported missing.
- Assist librarians with displays and other projects.
- Other duties as needed.