Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recruits Librarian

JOB OBJECTIVE:

Provide a range of library services that meet the learning, information, leisure, and cultural needs of students and to provide teaching staff with appropriate
curriculum/teaching support material.
LOCATION: Enugu, Ibadan, Zaria

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, implement, evaluate, and maintain library strategies and policies in consultation with students and staff that fully reflect the educational aims and
• objectives of the Centre of Excellence.
• Select, maintain and manage all resources and stock within the library facilities.
• Guide and assist students and teaching staff to make the best use of the library services and facilities within the Centre and host universities.
• Maintain a high level of resource awareness in relation to relevant courses and subject areas and support teaching staff in the effective delivery of the curriculum.
• Liaise with teaching staff to develop a stock selection policy that ensures the provision of relevant resources to cover all areas of the curriculum, and abilities.
• Participate in the planning and development of programmes for information handling skills and literacy within the CoE and contribute actively to the delivery of such programmes.
• Develop and deliver induction training and other training programmes for new and
• existing users of the library services and facilities.
• Stage displays of materials to highlight current affairs, topical issues and particular aspects or areas of the curriculum.
• Promote library services across the Centres and encourage students and teaching staff to make use of library resources effectively.
• Assist with archiving and displaying information and materials.
• Ensure that students and staff are familiar with the use of enquiry and circulation features of the library management systems.
• Arrange library resources and materials in a way that promotes effective retrieval, including the systematic indexing, classification and cataloguing of all library
• resources and materials. Disseminate information relating to resources to pupils and teaching staff as appropriate.
• Carry out the routine procedures associated with the ordering, receipt and distribution of materials and the payment of invoices.
• Prepare materials and collections for use, distribution or disposal.
• Carry out routine procedures associated with the request system and inter-library loans.
• Set up and reorganise library facilities as required, including moving and
• reorganising stock, materials and resources.
• Design and implement library technologies (library management system, subject/research guide system, electronic resources management) to enhance library services.
• Develop electronic collection for the centre comprising eBooks, e-journals, databases, data and statistical sources to enable users access current scholarly
• resources remotely.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATION

• Minimum of a Second-Class Honors Degree in Library Science. A Masters’ degree will be an advantage.
• Possession of NYSC Discharge Certificate
• Work experience – five years minimum