Dept Number/Name: 0-4001-000 / USF Libraries

College Division: Academic Affairs-Tampa Library

Salary Plan: Staff

Job Code/Title: 4304 / Library Specialist

Hiring Salary: $35,000

Position Number: 00048359

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm

After a brief (up to six months) training and orientation period, scheduled work days and hours will become flexible, based on the business needs of the operational unit.

ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY:

The USF Libraries serve the University of South Florida, with campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota-Manatee. In 1960, USF's founding president, John Allen, referred to the Library as the heart of the University, and we pride ourselves on continuing to be at the center of a highly engaged university community today.

Our collective mission is to inspire research, creativity, and learning, partnering with students and globally recognized faculty to produce meaningful, impactful research. Together, we aim to provide the freedom and resources to create a vision for the future. The Library Operations and Facilities department provides frontline help for faculty, students and community members to locate, select, and access print and electronic resources. Operations staff and student assistants organize and maintain in-house materials to ensure that patrons can find materials where they should be, when they need them. Management of the Uborrow program and the Course Reserves program helps to meet the resource needs of faculty and students and help defray the costs of textbooks. Operations and Facilities staff ensure a clean, safe and welcoming environment is maintained for all patrons through routine operational checks of the facility.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for assisting the Stacks supervisor with maintaining the physical collection at the USF Tampa Library. Duties will include keeping the collection in order and making sure it is accessible to library patrons. This position will also work alongside a team of student assistants and will be an elevation point for ongoing projects and daily task assignments.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Assists with the re-shelving, cleaning, emptying book drops, checking in, shifting, shelf reading and organization of library materials. Assist in overseeing the
workload that have been assigned by the Stacks Supervisor to student employees. These tasks will be related to maintenance and ensuring the collection is accessible to library patrons. This staff member will also be involved in student assistant training.

Assists with searches for lost and missing materials assigned by Stacks Supervisor. Conducts book search requests and helps patrons with directional assistance and location of library materials.

Provides collection development planning support of library projects and assists with the training of students to complete these goals.

Performs other duties as assigned.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

MINIMUM:

This position requires a high school diploma and one year of paraprofessional library experience. Appropriate college coursework may substitute for the required experience.