Library Collections & Services Specialist

Position Title:

Library Collections & Services Specialist

Position Type:

Full time

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Categories:

Staff Non-exempt

Job Summary:

Join our team as a Library Collections & Services Specialist, where you will bridge the gap between global information and campus discovery. In this role, you will curate and enhance worldwide accessible catalog records for a diverse array of print, digital, and technological resources, ensuring our shared data infrastructures serve faculty and students across the globe. By partnering closely with staff across the library, you’ll maintain the vital link between our digital presence and physical collections, ensuring every item is accurately described and easy to find. Beyond the data, you will celebrate our academic community by assisting with faculty and student recognition events, creating engaging exhibits, and providing backup for interlibrary loan.

Job Duties:

Reporting Relationships:    

• This role will report directly to the Assistant Director, Collection Strategies & Discovery 

Work Setting/Work Schedule:

• This is an on campus student facing job

• Full-time, non-exempt role working 40 hours per week 52 weeks per year

What You Will Do:

• Receives and catalogs incoming items (print books, DVD’s, CD's, Gov. Docs and other types of materials) to be added to the library’s collection.  Ensures requested incoming items are promptly cataloged, processed and placed on hold to ensure quick delivery of the items to the requestor.

• Assists with collections lifecycle, fixes catalog records and contains errors, and conducts physical processing improvements such as new barcodes, spine labels, and repairs to damaged books.

• Provides exhibition assistance for events, including adding local bibliographic.  Bucknell University notes relevant catalog records, creating cover copies for use at events, assisting with event set up and curating exhibits.

• Participates in interlibrary loan, acquisitions, and public services work.

• The job description's listed responsibilities and tasks are not exhaustive, additional non-essential tasks and responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

What You Will Bring:

Required:

• High school Diploma or GED

Preferred, but not required:

• Vocational or technical training or degree

• One (1) ore more years of experience in Library services or related experience

Physical Requirements:

• Office environment/no specific or unusual physical or environmental demands

Job Exempt:

No

Salary Range:

17.16-21.45

The offer rate will be based on a review of the candidate's credentials compared to the qualifications of the position, internal equity, and our overall compensation philosophy. 

This role is not budgeted for visa sponsorship, all candidates must be authorized to work in the US without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Benefits:

Eligible full- and part-time employees are compensated beyond base salary through our total rewards package that includes (but is not limited to):

• Flexible scheduling options determined by role; 
• Medical, prescription drug, vision, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance options
• An outstanding 10% employer contribution to your retirement plan (no contribution requirement for non-exempt positions)
• Generous paid time off, including vacation and sick time, a community service day, and 19 paid holidays (including two full weeks off for Winter Break!)
• Full-time and part-time members of the faculty and staff are eligible for tuition remission for themselves. Additionally, full-time members of the faculty and staff are eligible for tuition remission for their spouse/spousal equivalent and are eligible for various tuition programs for their children. Credit for full-time benefits eligible employment at other institutions of higher education will be applied to waiting periods.
• A comprehensive employee wellness program including program incentives
• A myriad of other benefits, including parental leave, an employee assistance program, fitness center membership, and the power of your Bucknell ID card 

To learn more about Bucknell's benefits, click here! (*Eligibility criteria and waiting periods may apply.)

Inclusive Excellence:
Bucknell is committed to fostering an environment that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion, and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports the growth and development of a diverse campus community.  We endeavor to enhance our capacity to value and capitalize on the cultural richness that diversity brings.  We encourage all individuals to apply and do not discriminate in admissions, employment, educational programs and/or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, sex/gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, military or veteran status, or genetic information.

E-Verify

Bucknell University participates with the United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) E-Verify program.  We will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

For additional information regarding Bucknell's E-Verify requirements, please contact the office of Talent, Culture & Human Resources (570) 577-1631 or email hr@bucknell.edu.