Job Posting: Library Assistant at The New York Academy of Medicine
The New York Academy of Medicine seeks a Library Assistant. The
Library Assistant supports the activities of professional staff by
providing services in collection retrieval, reshelving, access,
acquisition and cataloging support, and document
reproduction and delivery.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
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Retrieves
and reshelves periodicals, bound journals, monographs, manuscripts,
pamphlets, government documents, and other materials daily for staff,
patrons,
and the fulfillment of document delivery requests.
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Scans materials to fulfill patron orders and document delivery requests, and for staff as requested.
·
Assists
in the reading rooms, including answering the telephone, supervising
readers, collecting funds for fee-based services, and responding to
basic
queries for information.
·
Assists
with tasks related to the maintenance and upkeep of the collection,
including shelf reading, shifting, boxing materials in preparation for
binding
or other offsite work, maintaining inventories, collecting
environmental data, and other tasks as assigned.
·
Maintains
serials subscriptions through checking in issues as they arrive,
locating missing issues, and updating item records when completed runs
of serials
return from the bindery.
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Performs other tasks and projects as assigned.
Qualifications
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Attention to detail, customer service orientation and ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
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Good time management skills and ability to balance work responsibilities in several different functional areas
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Good oral and written communication skills
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Physical
ability to undertake collection management duties such as movement of
books and materials weighing up to 40 lbs., and work in sometimes dusty
environments.
Education
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College experience or degree preferred
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Previous library experience, preferably in a document delivery or interlibrary loan setting and/or providing patron assistance
·
Proficiency
in the digital environment is required; experience with integrated
library systems and bibliographic databases, especially PubMed, OCLC,
and
Docline, is strongly desired
To Apply
Please forward cover letter and resume to hr@nyam.org. Please include Library
Assistant in the subject line of the email.
Mission
Established
in 1847, The New York Academy of Medicine continues to address issues
of health equity facing New York City and the world’s rapidly growing
urban populations. We accomplish
this through our interdisciplinary research, evaluation, policy and
program initiatives; our world class historical medical library and its
public programming in history, the humanities and the arts; and our
Fellows program, a network of more than 2,000 experts
elected by their peers from across the professions affecting health.
The
Academy is home to one of the most significant historical libraries in
medicine and public health, with internationally known collections
containing many of the primary formative
texts of medicine. The Library is equally renowned for its extensive
journal collection, comprising long runs of medical serials from around
the world, and for its ephemeral materials in health and medicine.
Archival holdings document the practice of medicine
in New York from the 18th century to the present, and include the
records of over 35 professional medical societies.
Founded
in 1847 and open to the public since 1878, the Library is dedicated to
building bridges among an interdisciplinary community of scholars,
educators, clinicians, and the general
public. It fills a unique role in the cultural and scholarly landscape
of New York City through its collections, by providing research
services, classes, and tours for diverse educational and professional
groups, and through its public programs and activities.
The Gladys Brooks Book and Paper Conservation Laboratory was
established in 1982 with a mandate to care for the Academy collections.