Senior Library Assistant, Collections Management - Oxford, United Kingdom - University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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Oxford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

THIS IS A RE-ADVERTISEMENT OF RECENT VACANCY 169650, PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

About the role
The Bodleian Health Care Libraries is looking for a full-time library assistant with acquisitions and online reading list experience.

The post will be based at the Cairns Library at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Headington, with duties at other Bodleian Health Care Library sites as necessary.

There will be some occasions when you will work on your own.

You will help provide library services to the staff and students in the University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Your main tasks will be ordering print and electronic materials; cataloguing and classifying print materials; assisting with the online reading lists; monitor and prepare document supply requests and supervise staff involved in document supply roles; responding to simple enquiries; reservations & membership registrations; answering IT queries & supporting the Outreach Team with literature searches for readers.

Single staffing the Cairns library between 5pm and 7pm Monday to Friday will be required on occasions.

This is a permanent post, working 36.5 hours per week

About you

You will have experience of working in a library and working with collections: ordering print and electronic materials, and troubleshooting of online access.

You will have excellent interpersonal and communications skills.

You will have excellent customer service skills and front-line customer service experience, and good numeracy skills.

Experience of stock selection, cataloguing books to RDA standards and using the national Library of Medicine (NLM) or Library of Congress classification schemes is desirable.

Diversity
Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture.

Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as parental leave, support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, and access to the same training as full time members of staff.

What We Offer
As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees' wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including: