Job description

HIRING RANGE: $14.71 - $18.02 Hourly
FULL SALARY RANGE: $14.71 - $21.33 Hourly

The City:
With over 100,000 residents, the City of Allen is a dynamic and welcoming community. The City of Allen's strong economy, diverse population, great educational institutions and quality of life makes it the ideal place to work, live, and play. The City of Allen has something to offer for everyone.

The City's Mission, is "To achieve excellence in managing development of the community and in providing city services so that conditions of living and public confidence are continually enhanced".

Our employees serve the citizens of Allen with the following values:

• People First – Giving priority to others
• Respect – Treating others with courtesy and dignity
• Integrity – Serving with honesty, trust and hard work
• Deliver – Following through on commitments while exceeding expectations
• Excel – Creating an innovative and improving work environment

The purpose of this position is to ensure library materials are available for patron use. This is accomplished by receiving and processing materials. Other duties may include checking materials out to patrons, issuing new library cards, and interfacing with City employees and citizens. This position does not provide direction to other employees.

Essential Functions

The information listed below is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this position.

• Assists with interlibrary loan requests by searching databases for requested materials, maintaining loan transactions and correspondence files, communicating with patrons regarding item availability, recording, and tabulating processed requests, receiving and logging borrowed materials, preparing borrowed materials for return, and updating interlibrary loan records and patron blocks.
• Receives and processes books and library materials by typing spine labels, stamping books, covering books with the appropriate book covers, tagging new items with RFID tags, printing barcodes on RFID cover labels, reprocessing selected repairs, checking received materials against packing slips, matching invoices to packing slips, checking received orders against placed orders, placing orders on the book cart in the same sequence as the invoice, maintaining statistics on materials processed, and other duties as required.
• Processes withdrawn materials from the library collection and updates holdings in the integrated library management system.
• Provides back-up support to Acquisitions by receiving/invoicing new materials on the automated system, withdrawing outdated & damaged materials, resolving problems with vendors pertaining to delivery, shortages, and payments, and maintaining files and copies of invoices.
• Provides back-up support to Circulation by checking out materials to library patrons using the automated system, renewing materials for patrons, issuing new library cards, answering inquiries from patrons, and checking in items from the book drops.

Job Requirements

Education & Experience
Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• High School diploma or equivalent plus six (6) months of relevant work experience

Prior experience working in a library's technical services department is a plus. Other combinations of education and experience may be considered.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $14.71 - $18.02 per hour

Benefits:

• Retirement plan

Work Location: In person

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