Library Assistant III
Purpose
Purpose:
The Library Assistant III is primarily responsible for providing quality paraprofessional Reserve
services with a strong customer orientation. Manages access to the various reserve materials in
all branches of the library. This includes books, print reserves, and electronic reserves. Acts as a
leader in effecting chang
Essential Functions
Function 1:
Responsible for day to day management of the Central, SEL, and AFA Reserves. Performs
searches for complete citations for articles and book chapters submitted for reserves then creates
the citations for the items submitted.
20 % Time
Function 2:
Performs searches for UTA E-Journals and databases for online articles submitted for reserves.
15 % Time
Function 3:
Scans articles and book chapters for processing as print and e-reserves.
15 % Time
Function 4:
5 percent - Maintains procedures manual for Reserves and keeps it up to date. 5percent Performs the end-of-semester reserves removal for all branches of the library.
10 % Time
Function 5:
4 percent - Coordinates the daily, weekly, and monthly workloads for reserves. 3 percent Continually shifts and shelf-reads the active reserves material. 3 percent - Submits monthly
Reserves statistical and status reports as required. 3 percent - Conducts periodic reviews of the
Reserve web pages and submits updates-revisions to the proper department.
13 % Time
Function 6:
4 percent - Assists in developing policies and procedures for the unit. 3 percent - Ensures that
necessary supplies are on hand. 5 percent - Hires, trains, supervises and evaluates work study
students.
12 % Time
Function 7:
May be required to work some evening, weeknight, weekend and holiday hours.
5 % Time
Function 8:
Acts as a reserves liaison advocate for our faculty and students. Provides official reserves
guidelines to faculty. Answers faculty questions on copyright issues. Provides reserves support
for the Distance Education-Academic Partnership courses. Answers student?s questions that are
received on the phone and over the web and via email. Helps trouble shoot reserves access
problems for both the DE and the traditional students.
10 % Time
Marginal/Incidental Functions
Marginal/Incidental Functions:
Must have ability to work in a team environment. Must engender the values of community,
learning, excellence, innovation, service, transparency, collaboration and flexibility.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
High School graduation or equivalent. Required qualifications include. Five years of library or
related experience, including two years of Library Assistant II level. A Bachelor?s degree
substitutes for two years of required experience. Sixty credit hours of college substitutes for one
year of experience. Must pass spelling test administered by the Office of Human Resources
Management and Development.
Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrated good judgment and problem resolution skills. Supervisory experience. Good
communication skills. Project management skills. Ability to manage and work as part of a team.
Demonstrated use of technology. Customer service experience.