Library Associate I

This is a 40 hour per week position located in Youth Services, which Includes significant portion of time spent creating, presenting, and evaluating programs for children from birth through age 18 and the grown-ups who live and work with them.

Applications will be accepted until July 12th at 11:59pm. 

                                                                         The City of Rochester will not sponsor or transfer visas for this position including F1 OPT STEM. 

*Public Service

• Meet or exceed the library's customer service standards in all interactions with the public and staff.
• Provide readers advisory and reference services to the public at a service desk or bookmobile, using a number of different means of communication.
• Assist patrons in locating information and finding materials in the library using a variety of tools.
• Provide support to patrons using library collections, equipment and services including digital collections.
• Place interlibrary loan requests, place holds, and create bookings for patrons on the library's automated systems.
• Maintain public safety and security by enforcing the library's code of conduct: issue trespass notices and contact security as needed.
• Create and maintain displays.
• Create and maintain lists of resources as appropriate.

• Manage and/or perform ordering and record-keeping on orders for all library materials.
• Manage and/or perform the checking in of newly arrived materials and see that the appropriate information is recorded in items, on computer, etc.
• Keep financial or statistical records as appropriate.
• Handle direct, special orders, back orders, order errors, returns of imperfect materials, and other special acquisitions-related situations.
• Catalog assigned materials for easy access by the public.
• Maintain quality control of new items being added to the collection and revise old information as necessary to maintain consistency.

• Inventory specific collection areas as assigned by the Division Head by evaluating the condition and recommended mending, weeding or replacing of items as necessary within the context of the overall collection development policy.
• Assist in discard management: Coordinate the withdrawal of items which are damaged or no longer needed per instruction from various supervisors across the library.
• Evaluate donations for possible additions to the collection areas as assigned by the division head and within the context of the collection development policy.

• Plan, budget, promote, execute, evaluate programs that are consistent with the library and division's overall programming and outreach goals.
• Hire performers and manage contracts for library programs.
• Input public programs in the library's online programming tools and work with communications staff to help publicize the programming efforts of the Library.
• Create publicity materials such as flyers and brochures.
• Assist other library staff with programming efforts.
• Provide training to the public on the use of library resources.
• Conduct training and provide oversight to volunteers and other part-time staff as assigned.
• Train and assist staff and the public with computer, printer, and copier related problems. 

• Coordinate and partner for library services with outside agencies.
• Assist in the maintenance of website information for the division.
• Develop schedule drafts  and usage statistics.
• Serve on library wide and divisional committees as appropriate.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience
A high school diploma or equivalent and two years of library experience.
OR
An Associate's Degree and six months related experience.
OR
An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job may also be considered.
 
Desirable Qualifications
Completion of a Bachelor's degree.
Ability to speak and/or read a language other than English.
 
Special Requirement
This position requires evening and weekend hours.

PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the following represents the physical and environmental demands for this position. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions with or without accommodation.
 
In consideration of the overall amount of physical effort required to perform this position, the work is best described as Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for Sedentary Work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for Light Work.
 
Work assignments in the Bookmobile are best described as Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
 
Physical demands that may be required continuously (2/3 or more of the time), frequently (1/3 to 2/3 of the time), and occasionally (up to 1/3 of the time) are noted below:
 
Continuous demands: auditory, visual, and verbal functions. 
Frequent demands: simultaneous use and repetitive movements of the hands, wrists, and fingers.
Occasional demands: balancing, stooping, kneeling, twisting, bending, climbing, crouching, or reaching; lifting, carrying pushing, pulling materials that range from 10 to 50 pounds.
 
Environmental conditions that may exist in the performance of the essential functions of this job include:
NONE (not substantially exposed to environmental conditions)
 
Environmental conditions that may exist in the performance of work assignments in the Bookmobile include:
Extreme cold (below 32 degrees
Extreme heat (above 100 degrees)
Noise (need to shout in order to be heard)
Vibration (exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body)
Exposure to dust/gas/fumes/steam/chemicals
Work outdoors (no effective protection from weather)