Serials Receiving and Maintenance Specialist

🔍 University Libraries, Stanford, California, United States

📁: Library

📅   : Jul 30, 2019 Post Date

📅   : 83952 Requisition #

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Minimum Education and Experience Required:

• Two-year college degree plus 2 or more years of experience in an academic library, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Demonstrated interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to perform detailed tasks accurately and efficiently.
• Demonstrated ability to apply judgment in choosing procedures and evaluating alternatives.
• Demonstrated experience in using judgment and initiative to analyze and recommend new procedures
• Ability to communicate library policy.
• Knowledge of Library of Congress call number system.
• Proficiency using computer applications (email, Internet, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel).
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing needs.

Other Relevant Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities May Include:

• Reading and writing knowledge of at least one foreign language represented in the following regions: Western Europe, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Baltic States, Russia and Eurasia, Israel, or South Asia (esp. Urdu)
• Demonstrated experience using an integrated library system; working knowledge of Sirsi/Dynix Symphony.
• Experience in an academic library.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively search bibliographic utilities (OCLC).
• Demonstrated ability to apply a wide and diverse knowledge base of acquisitions policies, evaluate alternatives, and choose effective, timely solutions in situations not thoroughly documented by procedures.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to push a cart weighing up to 650 lbs. that requires an initial push force up to 70 lbs
• Ability to work in an environment that is dusty and or moldy
• Ability to lift books that are up to 10 pounds
• Ability to kneel and reach
• Must be able to stand for many hours

* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.

Work Standards:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu/.

Standard Hours for this position: 40-hour workweek, start and end times to be agreed upon with supervisor.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and is committed to recruiting and hiring without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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