Access Services Supervisor

Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville, NY

ID: 7269877 (Ref.No. ej-5439462)
Posted: July 17, 2024

Job Description

Access Services Supervisor

Job Description

Sarah Lawrence is a prestigious, residential, coeducational liberal arts college. Founded in 1926 and consistently ranked among the leading liberal arts colleges in the country, Sarah Lawrence is known for its pioneering approach to education, rich history of impassioned intellectual and civic engagement, and vibrant, successful alumni. At the heart and center of campus, the Esther Raushenbush Library seeks an Access Services Supervisor. The library is continually innovating in ways to engage with students from an ongoing Student Life Preservation Project with Archives, to interactive art installations and a peaceful turtle pond, to a dance party at the beginning of the year to welcome students back to campus. We welcome anyone with imagination and creativity, an eye toward possibility, and impeccable organization and task management to apply.

Under the direction of the Head of Access Services, the Access Services Supervisor is responsible primarily for performing circulation operations and customer service for the Access Services Department. This critical position will join an innovative and dynamic team dedicated to serving students and reinventing the role of the library on campus. This position will ideally have a work week of Sunday through Thursday.

Essential Duties Summary

Primary duties and responsibilities:

Responsible for the hiring, training, scheduling, and supervising of library student workers in the Main Library.
Responsible for the management of the full time role of Evening Access Services Assistant.
Organize and process approximately 30 timesheets every two weeks.
Substitutes for student workers’ shifts as needed.
Maintains the orderliness of the majority of library collections.
Maintains the orderliness of the Music Library, a separate library.
Manages student work in special projects. For example: shifting of the collection.
Assists in writing and revising the circulation manual in Libguides.
Searches and reports on missing or damaged items; identifies damaged items to be evaluated by librarians for replacement or rebinding.
Collects and evaluates circulation statistics for service and policy evaluation, in consultation with the Head of Access Services.
Assists in periodic inventory/stack maintenance of all library material; identifies lost materials and areas in need of weeding and shifting.
Monitors and processes fines billing.
Serves regular shifts at the public facing Information Desk.
Completes other related duties and programming as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Required qualifications and skills:

Strong public service orientation.
Excellent organizational skills.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a busy academic environment.
Ability to interact successfully with faculty, students, and staff.
Proficiency with computer applications.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Self-motivated.
Detail oriented.
Flexible.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred qualifications:

Experience managing student workers, scheduling multiple shifts, or managing part-time employees in the service industry.
1-2 years academic library experience.
Bachelor’s degree.

Posting Number: S00384P
Open Date:
Close Date:
Open Until Filled: Yes
Salary: $40k-$45k

Special Instructions to Applicants

To apply, visit https://slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2243

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Sarah Lawrence College is committed to sustaining a diverse and inclusive learning, working, and living community. This requires students, faculty, administration, and staff who reflect the diversity of our society; that people from different backgrounds and with different views be prepared to treat one another with mutual respect and honest curiosity so that they can engage and learn from one another; and that diversity infuse all aspects of the life and mission of the College. These conditions enable a genuine liberal arts education, in which the presence of people with different experiences and ideas, engaged in critical dialogue, overcomes ignorance and builds trust and knowledge.

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