LIBRARY MEDIA TECHNICIAN

Library Media Specialist

This position is dual certification and is open to both internal and external candidates. Vacancies: 1 Hours: 6 Hours/Day (Monday-Friday 7:45AM - 2:15PM) Months: 9.5 Eligibility Lists: One list will be created from Open Competitive and Promotional candidates. Basic Function: Under the direction of the Principal, operate a school library independently and provide technical library media services related to the circulation, distribution, and recovery of library books and digital learning materials. Distinguishing Characteristics: Positions in this classification are responsible for assisting in providing a wide variety of routine library and clerical tasks necessary to provide a well-organized, efficient library environment in which students and staff can take full advantage of the available resources. This position is subject to the provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Examples of duties include receiving and processing textbooks and learning devices; ensuring orders are complete and in good condition; cataloging books, periodicals, pamphlets, and digital learning materials using library barcodes and the Dewey Decimal System. Assists Educational Services in ordering, distributing, and auditing of common core standard instructional materials in accordance to Williams/Valenzuela Act. Assists students and teachers in locating and selecting materials and in researching information for special reports and classroom assignments; provides instruction to students in proper use of instructional resources. Prepares student library cards; checks books and materials in and out at the circulation desk; calculates fines and sends overdue notices; contacts parents and students regarding late and lost library materials. Plans and schedules library services and computer lab activities for classes, presentations, testing, etc. ensuring equal opportunity to all grade levels; works with teachers to ensure students have adequate time for research and special projects. Assists teachers and students with Accelerated Reading Program (AR) and Response to Intervention Program (RTI) in setting up logins, classes, materials, assessments, and evaluation reports. Maintains student discipline in the library. Trains and provides work direction to students involved in shelving books and media materials and in circulation duties. Maintains records related to budget, purchase orders, fundraising, circulation, and lost, damaged, and overdue library materials; prepares periodic reports as requested. Prepares displays, exhibits, and bulletin boards. Distributes and maintains inventory of school assigned digital learning equipment as required; performs routine maintenance on digital learning equipment. Plans, organizes, and conducts Book Fairs and related fund-raising events; assists with school community events as needed. Examines and discards or mends damaged books and materials according to established procedures. Operates a variety of equipment including computer, tablet, copier, fax machine, laminator, scanner, and other supplemental devices as required by the assignment; ensures library equipment is in proper operating condition. Attends meetings, in-services, and workshops as assigned. Reads aloud to students as assigned. Performs related duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications include education equivalent to graduation from high school including or supplemented by college-level coursework in library science or closely related field. Experience: Two (2) years of increasingly responsible clerical experience involving public contact. Library experience in cataloging, materials processing, and reference work is desired. Language Requirements: None Licenses and Certifications: None

Working conditions include a school library environment; subject to dirt and dust with constant interruptions; has direct contact with students and the public. Physical requirements include seeing to read books and media materials, lifting, carrying, moving, and transferring objects weighing up to 25 pounds and over 25 pounds with assistance, pushing and pulling book carts, walking and standing for extended periods of time, bending, stooping, twisting, and reaching overhead to shelve books, manipulating hands and fingers to operate a computer, office machines and standard library and audio-visual equipment, hearing and speaking to exchange information in person and on the telephone, and climbing a ladder.

Persons with disabilities may be able to perform the essential duties of this class with reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodation will be evaluated on an individual basis and depend, in part, on the specific requirements for the job, the limitations related to disability and the ability of the selection authority to accommodate the limitation.

Application and examination process includes completing an online Bassett USD employment application, screening of applications to select the most qualified candidates, and an examination plan consisting of a written exam and an oral exam. Requests for reasonable accommodations for the testing process must be made no less than two days prior to the examination. Exam protests must be in writing and submitted to the Personnel Director no later than five working days from the date you participated in the exam. Candidates who are successful in all screening and testing stages will be placed on an eligibility list. Offers of employment are made by the Bassett Unified School District Personnel Commission office and are subject to satisfactory completion of all pre-employment processing.