Stacks Supervisor (Library Services Coordinator)

LIBRARIES (BL-LIBR-IUBLA)

The IU Libraries' mission is to support and strengthen teaching, learning, and research by providing the collections, services, and environments that lead to intellectual discovery. Our materials are digital, visual, audio, and print. They are curated from our campuses, our country, and our world. As a result, they are in 450 different languages, are world-renowned, and are ready to connect students and researchers with limitless possibilities. We are also proud to be home to Indiana University Press, an academic press serving the world of scholarship and cultures as a professional, not-for-profit publisher.
 

We offer meaningful work that inspires and empowers students and faculty to excel in research, teaching, and learning. We promote professional development, career advancement, and flexible work schedules.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Maintains neat and orderly physical library collections through reshelving, shifting, searching, and retrieval.
• Trains and supervises temporary employees

General Responsibilities

• Handles and monitors library materials, including reshelving, processing new material, restocking, and ensuring that all materials can be located quickly and easily. Evaluates condition of library materials and may perform repair and preservation of library materials, as needed.
• Assists faculty, students, and other patrons by answering phones and handling library-related issues, escalating complex issues to supervisor.
• Monitors library systems. Creates and updates basic records, maintains automated records, reviewing for completeness and accuracy.
• May assist with cataloging new items, performing audits of outstanding items, and/or interlibrary loan materials processing.
• May oversee library department desk and provide training and direction for students employees working the front desk.
   

EDUCATION

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent (such as HSED or GED)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Preferred

• Some Library Experience
• Familiarity with the Library of Congress Call Number System

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient communication skills\
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Must be able to lift and carry books, push book trucks full of books, and bend or stretch to move or retrieve books.

$16.10 - $17.07 per hour

Herman B Wells Library primarily.  Very occasionally work at or pick up materials from a campus library branch.

Bloomington, Indiana

Primary schedule is Sunday-Thursday, 12pm - 8pm. 

Shifts vary and are subject to change depending on the needs of the unit and variations in the library hours of operation. Daytime, evening, weekend, and holiday shifts may be required.

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Multiple plan options for medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
• Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
• Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
• Additional supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition benefit for IU classes
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure .

Career Level: Foundational

FLSA: Nonexempt

Job Function: Educational Resources & Tech

Job Family: Library Services

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