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DIT Library Services currently
has three full-time and 12 part-time temporary Library Assistant (Grade
3) vacancies. We are also setting up a panel from which further temporary
full-time and part-time positions will be filled over the coming year.
DIT Library Services operates a Central Services Unit and
six site based libraries. The Library Assistants provide essential
support to staff and students for their learning, teaching and research
activities. Successful candidates will be required to work full-time 37
hours per week or part-time 18.5 hours per week. This will require working late
nights (until 9.30pm) and Saturdays (9.00am-5.00pm) during term-time.
Candidates should have excellent
interpersonal skills, demonstrated initiative and proven organisational
ability. Experience of working in libraries is desirable.
The key duties of the post include:
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Work as part of a team providing a day-to-day service to students and staff
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Provide library reception desk services to students, staff and external
visitors
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Issue and discharge books at the library desk and assist
users with self-service machines
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Assist with user queries in person, by phone and via email
• Re-shelve returned items & ensure library material is available on shelves in an orderly fashion.
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Assist users with photocopying and printing facilities
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Prepare orders for new books, check-in periodicals, request material from other
libraries, prepare new books for shelving and lending.
Interested parties should send a current CV to tempLAGrade3@dit.ie by 5pm Thursday 6th December.
