Library Assistant at Lagos Business School

Library Assistant at Lagos Business School. Please ensure you read the job requirements before applying for this position.

Lagos Business School is committed to creating and transmitting management and business knowledge based on a Christian conception of the human person and of economic activity relevant to Nigeria and Africa at large. We strive to be a world class business school which will have a significant impact on the practice of management.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Library Assistant

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Overview

• The primary purpose of this role will be to provide personalized support service to users for efficient delivery of library objectives.

Essential Duties / Key Job Roles and Responsibilities
Include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide reference and information services to library clientele by answering questions, retrieving materials, assisting in referencing & basic bibliographic searches.
• Prepare and circulate a list of new arrivals.
• Prepare & paste spine labels on new/repaired/ worn-out materials.
• Shelf/re-shelf new/consulted books & journals.
• Maintain and updates card catalogues using standard library guidelines & systems both manual & automated.
• Maintain circulation records, checks materials in and out of the library & maintain library operational files.
• Compile newspapers/journals for binding.
• Enforce silence in the reading area of the library.
• Generate & send out Reminders/Overdue/Return notices to concerned library users.
• Take physical inventory of library materials and compile relevant statistics for management reports.
• File loose-leaf services, advance sheets, periodicals & supplements in appropriate binders.
• Provide reference and information services to library clientele by answering questions, retrieving materials, assisting in referencing & basic bibliographic searches.
• Prepares and circulate a list of new arrivals.
• Prepare & paste spine labels on new/repaired/worn-out materials.
• Shelf/re-shelf new/consulted books & Journals.
• Files loose-leaf services, advance sheets, periodicals & supplements in appropriate binders.
• Removes appropriate materials & arrange disposition according to library policy.
• Maintain and operates library equipment & systems, including computer, printers, copy machines, scanners, fax & others to input and retrieve library-specific information.
• Any other duty specific or ad-hoc to be assigned by the line manager from time to time.
• Works in library technical service area and provides services including searching bibliographic utility as a source for MARC records, copy cataloguing, updating holdings information.

Job Requirements
Qualifications

• B.Sc / HND in Library / Information Science.

Professional Qualification:

• Membership of relevant professional library bodies is an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least 3 years of library work experience.

Skills Requirements:

• Planning skills and initiative
• Good interpersonal skills
• IT proficiency
• Excellent customer services skills.
• Good records management skills.
• Good Time management & Multi-tasking skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Basic knowledge about every aspect of the Librarianship.
• Moderate library technical skills

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Application Deadline  

25th September, 2021.