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Part-time Employee

Position

Part-time Employee

Daily

Circulation procedures including:

  • Stamp enough date due cards for the day
  • Check in and shelve books
  • Straighten book shelves; (edge, leave 6 inches space at end of shelf if possible) make sure spine labels are attached; "wash" dirty books; make sure picture books, easy readers, board books and juvenile fiction are correctly shelved.
  • Keep children's area neat and inviting.
  • Call people whose books are on reserve shelf. flag titles that people reserve.
  • Shelve Locked Case materials.
  • Straighten reference collection. Report any mission volumes to librarian.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Weekly

  • Put picture books, easy readers, juvenile fiction in order.
  • Replace books sold from the book sale cart with sale books from downstairs.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Monthly

  • Record circulation statistics.
  • Box and label McNaughton books which librarian has pulled from collection.
  • Type board meeting minutes.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Yearly

  • Assist librarian with annual report.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Ongoing

  • Assist with cataloging as needed.
  • Work on annual inventory.
  • Assist with book orders.
  • Delete books as requested by librarian.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Major Project

  • Plan, organize and implement story times.
  • Familiarize yourself with the children's "stuff" in office, with bottom file cabinet outside the office and in basement.
  • Work with Laurie to clean the poster and craft mess downstairs