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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

[LIBJOBS] USA- New Orleans, LA - Delgado Community College Libraries - Library Specialist III - Tech Services

LIBRARY SPECIALIST 3

Delgado Community College

City Park Campus

 

 

Reports To: Cataloging Coordinator/Co-System Admin.

 

Job Summary/Basic Function:

Assists the technical services coordinators with cataloging and

acquisitions processes for all library acquisitions, college-wide, using the library's automated system, SIRSI symphony; Provides supervision for the technical services Library Specialist 2; Assists the serials and access services librarians on a routine basis.

 

Minimum Qualifications/ Work Experience:

Five years of experience in which clerical work was a major duty, three years of which must have been in clerical library work, and one year of which must have been as a library paraprofessional.

 

SUBSTITUTIONS:

Training in a business, office machines, secretarial science, or closely related curriculum in a business school or technical institute will substitute for the required general experience on the basis of one month of full-time training for one month of experience.

 

Completion of a Secretary or Executive Assistant program of at least

twelve months duration approved by the Department of Civil Service from a business school or technical institute will substitute for two years of the required general experience. For less than completion of the program, credit will be allowed under the first paragraph for

substitutions. All training must have been resident study.

 

College training will substitute for the required general experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience.

 

A baccalaureate degree will substitute for the general clerical and

clerical library work only.

 

NOTE:

There is no substitution for the one-year of library paraprofessional

work.

 

Preferred Qualifications/ Work Experience:

Applicants with supervisory experience and work experience with SIRSI

Symphony Software including but not limited to circulation, cataloging, booking and reserves.

 

Minimum Education: Associate Degree

 

Preferred Education (if different from minimum): Bachelor's Degree

 

Licenses / Certifications Required:

 

Physical Demands:

Able to push and pull a book cart, lift up to 30 pounds and step on and off a step stool.

 

Work Hours: Regular from 8:00am to 4:30pm

 

Shift Required:

 

Pre-Employment Screening Requirements

 

Civil Service Test Requirements:

Clerical Office & Administrative Support Test (COAST)

9000-COAST Behavior Assessment

9001-COAST Office Skills

 

Civil Service Job Specification:

Click here for the State Job Spec.

 

Special Instructions to Applicants:

JOB TYPE: Probational/Original/Promotion-All Classified

 

Letter of references will be requested if call for an interview.

 

Applicants must have Civil Service test scores for 9000-COAST Behavior

Assessment and 9001-COAST Office Skills in order to be considered for

this vacancy.

 

Applicants who are currently occupying a Civil Service job in the COAST Test series with a permanent status or have re-employment eligibility can be exempt from taking the CS 9000/01 COAST test.

 

If you do not have a score prior to applying to this posting, it may

result in your application not being considered.

 

Applications must be received by the closing date of this posting.

 

Note: Please don't attach your Civil Service scores. Human Resources

will obtain your Civil Service scores and they will be attached for this posting.

 

Special Notes For Applicants:

Visit the Department of Human Resources if you need assistance with

filling out the application online, or if you need access to a computer.

 

Human Resources is located at 615 City Park Ave, Administration Bldg.;

New Orleans, LA 70119.

 

If you need special accommodations or additional information, please

contact the Office of Human Resources at (504) 762-3015.

 

Posting Date: 11-02-2011

 

Closing Date: 11-16-2011

 

Required Documents:

 

Job Code: 164480

 

Job Title: LIBRARY SPECIALIST 3

 

Responsibility / Duty

50 %

Downloads acquisitions records and performs simple and complex

copy-cataloging for new acquisitions, including books, audio-visual,

software, and serials, for all Delgado Community College libraries using SIRSI Symphony, the library's automated system, the dewey decimal classification tables for call number verification, the cutter sanborn table for the cutter number, Library of Congress Subject Headings for the subject headings, and the online computer library center (OCLC) Bibliographic utility, Connexion, for authority and bib records

 

25 %

Supervises library specialist 2 in all departmental work; trains staff

and student workers on the various applications in a coordinated manner for the purposes of labeling and participating in record entry and various cleanup projects; supervises all processing and performs quality assurance on all work exiting the department; maintains bibliographic records and authority records in the database for all Delgado libraries

 

25 %

Processes all added volumes and withdrawn holdings for database

maintenance; performs exporting and verification tasks using the OCLC

Connexion client; SIRSI Symphony library automation software, and

Microsoft Excel; performs serials check-ins; provides monthly annual

statistical reports for technical services activities; performs other

duties as assigned by the Cataloging Coordinator, Collection

Development, and Serials Librarians, or the College-wide Dean of library services.

 

For more information:  https://careers.dcc.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51364

 

 

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