Part-time Library Associate

RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide excellent customer service by welcoming and registering patrons, issuing library cards, checking out materials and managing patron accounts

• Assist patrons with locating materials, using computers, or explaining procedures
• Provide technical assistance to library patrons (checking their email, logging onto the Internet, making copies, etc.)
• Check in and process library materials
• Accept and process payments
• Provide information regarding library programs, events, and resources
• Shelve library materials
• Address patron conduct or safety issues
• Know and understand the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights, Freedom to Read Statement and Freedom to View Statement, recognizing that freedom of access is a fundamental tenet of a public library
• Follow all legal and policy requirements related to patron privacy and custodianship of patron records

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be able to work a flexible schedule that may include a combination of days, evenings and weekends.
• Must possess excellent customer service skills
• Must have knowledge of Google Suite
• Education Requirements
• Associates degree with major coursework in Liberal Arts, Library Information Systems, or related field; AND at least one (1) year of full-time paraprofessional library experience or two (2) years of increasingly responsible full-time customer public service experience; OR
• Completion of a minimum of one (1) year coursework in Liberal Arts, Library Information Systems, or related field; AND at least two (2) years of full-time paraprofessional library experience or three (3) years of increasingly responsible full-time customer public service experience; OR
• Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma; and three (3) years of full-time paraprofessional library experience or three (3) years of increasingly responsible full-time customer public service experience.

Please send resume, references and cover letter to:

Olivia Wojnar, Seymour Public Library, 176-178 Genesee St., Auburn, NY 13021

Or email: owojnar@seymourlib.org

Please note that all applicants must submit a resume, references, and cover letter to be considered for this position. Incomplete applications will not be moved forward in the hiring process.

Pay: $17.50 - $24.50 per hour

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Work Location: In person