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Job Description
- Selecting, developing, cataloguing and classifying library resources
- Answering readers' enquiries
- Using library systems and specialist computer applications
- Management of staff, including recruitment, training and/or supervisiory duties
- Liaising with departmental academic staff, external organisations and suppliers
- Ensuring that library services meet the needs of particular groups of users (eg staff, postgraduate students, disabled students)
- Managing budgets and resources
- Supporting independent research and learning
- Developing IT facilities
- Assisting readers to use computer equipment, conduct literature searches etc
- Promoting the library's resources to users
Job Requirements
- Fluency in English is a must.
- Desire to meet and serve the library's user community
- Ability to think analytically and to develop new or revised systems, procedures, and work flow
- Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment
- Knowledge of computers, the internet, and commercially available library software
- Knowledge of a foreign language for communities with non-English speaking populations
- Ability to prepare comprehensive reports and present ideas clearly and concisely in written and oral form
- Ability to make administrative decisions, interpret policies, and supervise staff
- Ability to motivate, establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, supervisors, volunteers, other community agencies and the public
- Knowledge of the philosophy and techniques of library service
- Ability to organize job duties and work independently
- Demonstrated knowledge of library materials and resources
- Creativity to develop and implement library programs and services
- Ability to communicate both orally and in writing
- Positive attitude toward library users with special needs
- Accuracy and skill in typing
