{"id":723,"date":"2013-10-24T12:36:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T12:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/blog\/2013\/10\/24\/library_assistant_discovery_services_simmons_college_boston_ma\/"},"modified":"2013-10-24T12:36:04","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T12:36:04","slug":"library_assistant_discovery_services_simmons_college_boston_ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/blog\/2013\/10\/24\/library_assistant_discovery_services_simmons_college_boston_ma\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Assistant, Discovery Services, Simmons College, Boston MA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Job Summary:<\/span> This position will work under the coordinated direction of the Head of Library?Discovery Services and the Discovery Services librarians. Responsibilities include: participating in?the acquisitions and invoicing cycle for all library materials; performing cataloging using AACR2 and?MARC format; managing data entry and preparing reports in the Integrated Library System (ILS);?coordinating the hiring, scheduling, training, and supervision of student workers; engaging in?Library wide planning and projects.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Key work activities:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Participate in acquisition activities and assist with purchasing\/subscribing, receiving,?<span style=\"line-height: 1.62\">tracking, and documenting all materials in all formats.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Search and obtain relevant ordering and receiving information.<\/li>\n<li>?Communicate with requestor\/selector to resolve questions regarding edition, format,?<span style=\"line-height: 1.62\">publisher, and\/or availability.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>?Work with vendors to determine and\/or verify order, payment, and delivery?<span style=\"line-height: 1.62\">procedures.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>-Process invoices, and create bibliographic and order records in Millennium.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>?Reconcile receipts with order records<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>-Participate in cataloging activities and assist with technical processing and cataloging of?materials and resources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>?Create and\/or edit catalog and metadata records for new and retroactive materials,?<span style=\"line-height: 1.62\">including books, e-books, and journals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>?Support the maintenance of authority records database.<\/li>\n<li>?Resolve cataloging problems.<\/li>\n<li>?Process, label, and barcode materials to shelf ready state<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Participate in E-Resources and Digital Institutional Repository management activities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>?Retrieve and prepare E-Resources usage statistics and cost per use data<\/li>\n<li>?Activate and troubleshoot E-Resources<\/li>\n<li>?Input data to and retrieve reports from E-Resource management platform<\/li>\n<li>?Support development and maintenance of digital institutional repository, including?<span style=\"line-height: 1.62\">uploading materials and inputting metadata<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Participate in the delivery of Library Services<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>?Communicate with library staff on issues of acquisitions and cataloging<\/li>\n<li>?Assist with the production of reports and participate in the analysis of financial andn<span style=\"line-height: 1.62\">statistical data for annual reports and other assessment projects<\/span><\/li>\n<li>?Provide training to library staff as appropriate<\/li>\n<li>?Staff Reference Desk as needed.<\/li>\n<li>?Participate in Library-wide initiatives as appropriate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Qualifications:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Required<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>?Bachelor&#8217;s degree and current enrollment in the Simmons GSLIS program.<\/li>\n<li>?Completion of LIS415 (or relevant experience) and no more than 2 additional GSLIS?<span style=\"line-height: 1.62\">courses.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Preferred<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>?Keen interest in Library technical services and a high aptitude for technology systems<\/li>\n<li>?Competent numeracy skills and strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel<\/li>\n<li>?Excellent customer service and communication skills<\/li>\n<li>?Experience with an ILS and Microsoft Office Suite<\/li>\n<li>?Interest in emerging technology for digital access<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>To apply for the position visit:?<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/jobs.simmons.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>jobs.simmons.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job Summary: This position will work under the coordinated direction of the Head of Library?Discovery Services and the Discovery Services librarians. Responsibilities include: participating in?the acquisitions and invoicing cycle for all library materials; performing cataloging using AACR2 and?MARC format; managing data entry and preparing reports in the Integrated Library System (ILS);?coordinating the hiring, scheduling, training, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/blog\/2013\/10\/24\/library_assistant_discovery_services_simmons_college_boston_ma\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Library Assistant, Discovery Services, Simmons College, Boston MA&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}