Illinois Residency Requirement: This position requires Illinois residency within 180 calendar days of the start date.

The Library Operations Associate is responsible for helping to providing circulation desk/patron services, build and maintain the East St. Louis Center’s Learning Resource Center’s (LRC) collection of materials. The sucessful candidate will oversee the library collections and help to build a diverse collection of print materials, electronic materials, databases, archival collections and journals offered by the LRC.

The Library Operations Associate will maintain and update records in the Illinois Hartland Inter-library Loan systems, circulation and patron records in the LRC. Other duties include student work training/supervision and LRC programming assistance.

Additionally, the Library Operations Associate will manage circulation activities (including check out, creating new library cards, processing overdue notices, collect fines and fees, locates library materials for patrons, including books, periodicals etc.) and instruct patrons on how to use reference sources, card catalogs, and automated information systems and computers in the library.

Further duties and responsibilities may be assigned based on the mission and needs of the Learning Resource Center.

1. High school graduation or equivalent.

2. Any combination totaling six years from the following categories:

(a) Work experience in a library or equivalent setting performing duties comparable to a Senior Library Specialist (the lower level of this series).

(b) College course work in any field as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent.

30 semester hours equals six months

60 semester hours equals one year

90 semester hours equals two years

120 semester hours or a Bachelor’s degree equals three years

A Master’s degree or degree equals four years

(Please Note: Only a maximum of four years credit for college course work is available.)

3. As required by the position to be filled, education, training, and/or work experience in the area of specialization inherent in the position may be required in meeting credential requirements #1 and #2 above.

• Ability to develop and interpret library policies and procedures
• Knowledge of library technology and software
• Skills in organization and planning
• Superior ability to correspond and communicate effectively with internal and external patrons