Title: Library Specialist
Agency: Rappahannock Community College
Location: Gloucester - 073
FLSA: Nonexempt
Hiring Range: The anticipated hourly pay rate will be commensurate with experience but no less than $18.00 per hour.
Full Time or Part Time: Part Time
Job Description:
Rappahannock Community College (RCC), founded in 1970, provides high-quality educational and training opportunities throughout a 12-county service region an hour east of Richmond on the beautiful western shore of the Chesapeake Bay with access to fresh local seafood and water activities. RCC delivers accessible and affordable educational opportunities, including for-credit transfer and career technical programs, robust distance education coursework, quality dual enrollment courses, and award-winning workforce training and credentialing programs. RCC’s annualized enrollment of 3,700 credit students in 2024-2025 and almost 800 workforce and community development students are supported by almost 140 full-time employees and over 200 part-time/adjunct employees across two main campuses and five satellite sites.
Are you someone who wants to help students achieve their educational and professional dreams? RCC seeks applicants for our Library Specialist position at our Glenns campus. This is a 24-hour per week, part-time staff position without benefits. The anticipated hourly pay rate will be commensurate experience but no less than $18.00 per hour. The incumbent will need to work evenings and weekends as needed. Reporting to the Coordinator of Learning Resources, this position will provide circulation and basic reference services to students, faculty and community patrons. High-quality customer service is essential for success in this position.
Duties include:
1. Interacting with patrons professionally, effectively, and courteously
2. Using the Integrated Library System (Alma) to perform circulation duties
3. Shelving and maintaining reference, reserve, circulating, and periodical materials in an accurate manner
4. Informing patrons of library policies
5. Instructing patrons in the use of the library catalog (Primo)
6. Managing patron accounts (debts, etc.)
7. Informing patrons about and assisting with Intercampus and Interlibrary Loan services
8. Assisting with course and patron reserve materials
9. Efficiently logging in newspapers and magazines
10. Making RCC ID badges
11. Assisting students with applicable software applications
12. Opening and closing the library when necessary
13. Working a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends as needed
14. Other duties as assigned
15. May include occasional travel to other campuses.
Minimum Qualifications:
16. Strong customer service and communication skills
17. Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing
18. Experience using a variety of computer applications and software
19. Ability and eagerness to learn new technologies
20. Ability to perform duties accurately with attention to detail, and in a timely manner
21. Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
22. Ability to navigate an alpha-numeric shelving system
23. Possession of the preceding knowledge, skills, and abilities may substitute for training and experience.
Additional Considerations:
24. Basic knowledge of library operations and procedures
25. Library work experience.