Circulation Assistant

Requisition ID req37823
Working Title Circulation Assistant
Pay $12.00 Hourly
Campus Main - Albuquerque, NM
Department Law Library (963A)
Employment Type Student Employment
Student Type Student Employment
Status Non-Exempt
Background Check Required
For Best Consideration Date 9/9/2026
Position Summary Under the general supervision of the Circulation Managers and other Law
Library staff, supports the public service mission of the Law Library by
assisting library patrons with circulation services in person and by telephone,
requiring understanding of basic library functions. The UNM Law Library serves
a wide variety of patrons including law school faculty, staff, and students,
practicing attorneys and court personnel, and the general public. The Library
is typically open seven days a week during the year including Fall and Spring
semesters, Intersession's and Summers. This position requires evening and
weekend shifts and all interested applicants must currently be enrolled at UNM.
Also you will be answering directional questions and referring patrons to
appropriate library service points. You will respond to patron's questions in
person and by telephone regarding library hours, circulation statuses, policies
and procedures. You will refer patrons to reference librarians for reference
assistance, as needed. Charging, discharging, and renewing library materials
using the circulation module of WorldShare Management integrated library
system. You will assist patrons with photocopying, printing, and assist them
with basic functions of the public patron account manager system. You will collect materials from study carrels and
tables, browsing areas, and the book drop. You will also sort, shelve and
shelf-read library materials by location and call numbers. You will be
scheduling library study rooms to law students, selling parking permits to
library patrons, and delivering documents to various individuals within the Law
School after the request has been processed by librarians. You will be asked to perform opening and closing procedures for
the library according to library procedures manual. You will provide stack
maintenance including physically shifting library collections and responding to
alarms, report incidents to appropriate staff members, and contacts authorities
in the event of emergency. You may be asked to assist staff members in other
library departments, such as Library Systems and the Journals. There will be other projects as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications


Preferred Qualifications
-Basic computer skills
-Library experience a plus, although not required
-Be committed to a teamwork environment
-Good public/customer service skills, ability to assist a wide variety of
Library patrons in a respectful manner; patrons can include Law School
faculty, staff, and students, as well as practicing attorneys and court
personnel, and the general public.
-Hard working, trustworthy, accurate and efficient.
-Excellent oral and written communications skills.

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