Library Senior Clerk at City of Springfield, MA
City of Springfield, MA · Springfield, United States Of America · Onsite
- Professional
- Office in Springfield
About the Department
Responsible for performing clerical tasks in the library and maintaining good customer service relations with the patrons. Work is performed under the direction of the Branch Manager and Central Library Manager of Borrower's Services. No supervision is exercised over other employees.
Position Duties
- Checks library materials in and out. Empties book drop, answers directional questions and registers borrowers.
- Packs and unpacks delivery shipment.
- Handles paging slips by retrieving items to be sent to another library.
- Orders supplies for library as instructed.
- Processes overdue items, billing, handles cash through collections and special notices
- Resolves patron concerns regarding claims returns, damaged items, etc.
- Manage patron holds and patron records
- Prepares monthly statistics
- Records and processes periodicals and pulls the old ones for deletion
- Removes items from the hold shelf and returns same to other libraries
- Prepares a weekly cash summary for delivery to the Central Library
- Ability to work nights and weekends
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Ability to interact successfully with staff and the public.
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
- Knowledge of public library policy, services, practices, plans and problems.
- Ability to work nights and weekends.
Other Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent.
