at Crane Elementary School District No. 13 in YUMA, Arizona, United States
Job Description
SUMMARY
Under the direction of the Principal, the Library Specialist provide a well-organized, smoothly functioning library environment in which teachers and students can take full advantage of available resources.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class. Employees are required to be in attendance and prepared to begin work at their assigned work location on the specified days and hours. Factors such as regular attendance at the job are not routinely listed in job descriptions, but are an essential function. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Presents library awareness programs and lessons on literature and library filing system.
- Reads to small groups or classes of students.
- Types and processes orders, reports, bibliographies, forms, library schedules, letters to publishers, catalog cards and the like.
- Selects, orders and receives books.
- Maintains files of catalog cards, vertical file material, publishers' catalogs and the like.
- Writes notices to homeroom teachers and parents concerning overdue books and collects fines for such books.
- Makes simple repairs on damaged books and processes more severely damaged books for repair.
- Prepares current magazines for shelving and maintains the back-number stacks.
- Performs the annual inventory of library materials and the preparation of lists of missing books and books to be discarded.
- Shelves incoming books.
- Maintains current inventory of supplies and AV equipment. Orders items for acquisition as needed and performs minor repair on machines.
- Oversees the general neatness and attractiveness of the library and its displays.
- Helps students locate reference materials and other instructional materials.
- Assists teachers in selecting reading material related to curriculum.
- Performs other related duties as required by supervisor.
