Library Clerk Senior (Evening + Saturday)

Definition

(ON-CAMPUS - in-person position)
Orange Coast College (OCC) is seeking equity-minded individuals for a classified employee role as a Library Clerk Senior under the Library & Learning Support Division, as part of the Office of Instruction.

THE COLLEGE - About Orange Coast College

Orange Coast College's 164-acre campus is located in Costa Mesa, just minutes from Southern California's beautiful beaches, with its main campus in Costa Mesa and a campus in Newport Beach (Waterfront Campus). Orange Coast College (OCC) was founded in 1947 with the mission to serve the educational needs of a diverse local and global community. The College empowers students to achieve their goals by providing high-quality, culturally responsive, and innovative programs and services through pathways leading to degrees, transfers, certificates, foundational skills, workforce development, and lifelong learning. The College promotes student development, learning, and equitable outcomes by fostering a respectful, inclusive, caring, and participatory campus climate of student engagement and academic inquiry. Ideal candidates for this position will share OCC's dedication to transforming lives through education, with a strong commitment to serving a diverse and vibrant student population. We currently enroll 17,859 students, the majority of whom are from racially minoritized populations: 38% of OCC's students are Latinx, 2% are African-American, 23% are Asian, less than 1% are Native American, 29% are White, and 6% are multiracial. As a designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and an eligibility designation as an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), Orange Coast College reflects the dynamic diversity in the region.

Orange Coast College (OCC) engages in a wide range of collaborative efforts aimed at fostering a culture of educational excellence and inclusivity. With a commitment to providing high-quality academic programs and student-centered support services, OCC creates an environment where all students can thrive. As a diverse and globally-minded institution, the college takes pride in initiatives that empower student communities by promoting cultural synergy across departments, including the Office of Student Equity, the Global Engagement Center, and the Multicultural Center.

OCC is a recognized leader in preparing students for transfer to four-year institutions and holds the prestigious designations of both a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American, Native American, and Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI). The college also boasts state-of-the-art facilities and is the first community college in Southern California to offer on-campus residential housing with over 300 apartment units, further enhancing the student experience.

Orange Coast College Employee-Student Demographic Information

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Department Specifics: OCC Library

The mission of the Orange Coast College library is to support and complement the college mission of promoting student success by providing a wide range of basic to in-depth resource materials, library instruction, and encouragement of lifelong learning. At the same time, the library staff serves as a central and vital link for the informational and enrichment needs of all campus personnel.

The library maintains a print, media, and online collection of resources built around the college curriculum. The library maintains a collection of best sellers for the enrichment of staff, students, and community users. The libraryhas one or more copies of every textbook sold in the college bookstore available for 2 hour use in the library. Interlibrary loan is available to access hard-to-find materials. We provide photocopiers, scanners, media viewing stations, and a computer lab to allow students to perform more effectively. To help develop the library and information competency skills of our students, the librarians provide library lectures to classes, library workshops for students, and a transferable, GE option course, Library 100. The library further helps students, faculty, and staff by providing reference services. The library offers an academic environment in which to study, collaborate in group study rooms, borrow from our large collection of textbooks and other materials, access electronic resources and receive professional assistance from faculty librarians for their research and information needs.

ABOUT THE DISTRICT

The Coast Community College District is a multi-college district that includes Coastline Community College, Golden West College, andOrange Coast College. The three colleges offer programs in transfer, general education, occupational/technical education, community services, and student support services. Coastline, Golden West, and Orange Coast colleges enroll more than 60,000 students each year in more than 300 degree and certificate programs. Since its founding in 1947, the Coast Community College District has enjoyed a reputation as one of the leading community college districts in the United States. The Coast Community College District values diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and anti-racism by creating a culture of inclusive excellence that uplifts employees and students through an environment that is equitable, diverse, inclusive, and accessible.

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY & IMPACT
The Coast Community College District (Orange Coast College, Golden West College, and Coastline) continues to strengthen our efforts around diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and anti-racism. Orange Coast College is focused on creating a culture of inclusive excellence by uplifting employees and students through an environment that is equitable, diverse, inclusive, and accessible. We have a strong focus and importance on building an inclusive culture and atmosphere of belonging. We will be actively listening, assessing, and evaluating for this throughout each stage of the application, recruitment, and interview process.

• Orange Coast College - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Page
• Orange Coast College - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility Plan

Ideal candidates for this position share OCC's devotion to educating and improving the lives of our representative students, employees, and community populations. We currently enroll 17,102 students, the majority of whom are from racially minoritized populations: 36% of OCC's students are Latinx, 2% are African-American, 25% are Asian, less than 1% are Native American, 29% are White, and 5% are multiracial.

Summary
Performs recurring paraprofessional and clerical library duties in a library involving acquisitions, receiving, basic cataloging, processing, and circulation of library materials. Provides information and assistance to library customers.

Distinguishing Career Features
The Library Clerk Senior represents the entry level in a library support career ladder. Incumbents at this level will support a Librarian or Library Media Technician and are assigned to customer and technical service activities. The Library Clerk Senior requires compliance with the stated qualifications and the ability to support acquisition and processing of library materials into circulation. Advancement to Library Media Technician is based on need and requires a demonstrated ability to deal with a more complex level of library processes such as intermediate cataloging. Advancement to Library Media Technician also requires formal education and training as stated in the job description to support higher levels of service.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Specific duties may vary among departments, divisions and jobs. Incumbents typically perform a substantial portion or all of the following types of duties, as assigned:
1. Receives and verifies the content of orders. Processes invoices after making adjustments to denote the proper amount and type of inventory received or to be returned.
2. Assists faculty, staff, students, and other visitors with use of the library. Assists them to find materials, pointing out library resources, and introducing visitors to librarian for assistance in research.
3. Shelves new and returned materials (books, media, or periodicals) in the absence of student employees and ensures accurate data entry into the library system.
4. Circulates, stores, and inventories books, periodicals, and audiovisual materials including those that are overdue.
5. Processes a full range of library materials within established parameters.
6. Provides technical services such as interlibrary loan including those required for cooperative library system materials and maintaining the course reserve collection.
7. Maintains current procedures manuals for the position. Cross-trains other staff members.
8. Performs routine clerical and record keeping duties.
9. Provides guidance and training to student employees.
10. Monitors and reconciles library book budget and other fund accounts to ensure proper accounting procedures for all funds.
11. Creates purchase orders using Vendor and Banner software to spend funds from library general fund accounts, lottery funds (when available), Friends of the Library foundation accounts, and ancillary fund account.
12. Understands and assigns account numbers to purchase orders and fund transfers to properly assign expenses for reporting purposes.
13. Manages ordering supplies according to District rules and standards and maintains supply inventory for department.
14. Maintains current knowledge of District and college processing of purchase orders and other financial records.
15. Processes daily arriving periodicals and newspapers.
16. Performs other related duties as assigned that support the objective of the position.
17. Required to abide by all District policies and procedures including Board Policy 3050 - Code of Professional Ethics. Qualifications and Physical Demands

Qualifications
Knowledge and Skills
1. Requires working procedural knowledge of standard library methods, practices, and terminology including use of library catalogs.
2. Requires basic knowledge of a library classification system, subject headings, and library filing rules.
3. Requires basic knowledge of library automation systems and their relation to college financial records.
4. Requires sufficient communication skills in order to serve customers and to interact with staff and faculty.
5. Requires sufficient arithmetic skills to arrange materials in numerical sequence and calculate sums needed for handling cash and recording circulation data.
6. Requires sufficient English writing skills to document instructions on library procedures.
7. Requires sufficient human relations skills to convey technical information to patrons and to provide work instructions to others.
8. Requires knowledge of Excel and general accounting practices.

Abilities
1. Requires the ability to perform the essential responsibilities and functions of the position.
2. Requires the ability to follow detailed procedures.
3. Requires the ability to understand library operations, goals and objectives.
4. Must be able to apply and explain library rules, regulations and policies.
5. Requires the ability to deal courteously with library patrons.
6. Must be able to perform routine clerical and record keeping duties.
7. Must have the ability to work evenings and weekends.

Physical Abilities
1. The general physical demands, working conditions, and essential job functions associated with this classification will be kept on file with the Office of Human Resources.
2. Essential functions will vary by position.
3. As defined by Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") and California's Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA"), the District shall engage in a timely, good faith interactive process with employees or employment applicants who are requesting or are in need of reasonable accommodations and, provide reasonable accommodations for employees or employment applicants who, because of their disability, are limited in or unable to perform one or more of the essential functions of their job in accordance with applicable state and federal law.

Education and Experience
The position requires an Associate's degree and one year of related experience plus one year of experience in a higher education library or instructional support setting with demonstrated accounting responsibilities. A Library certificate and additional experience may substitute for some higher education. Or, any combination of education and experience which would provide the required equivalent qualifications for the position.

AND

Demonstrated evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the racial, ethnic, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, academic, and cultural diversity within the community college student population, including students with different ability statuses (e.g., physical and/or learning) as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom.

Licenses and Certificates

Required

Preferred

Job Industries

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