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Senior Library Assistant I Grade 8

Responsibilities or duties

Ordering for new books, journals and any other periodicals/publications and materials needed in the library

Indexing and abstracting journal articles

Maintaining and updating University database

Editing & compiling quarterly reports for the library section

Stock-taking the library collection

Charging and discharging library information resources to users

Providing reference and referral services to library patrons

Distributing publishers’ cataloguers to faculty deans and heads of departments

Processing of inter-library loan requests

Cataloguing and classification of newly acquired information resources

Verifying bibliographic details of library materials

Maintaining user profiles

Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI)

Teaching library skills and user education; and

Offering ICT services to various categories of users

Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Bachelor’s degree in library studies, Library Science, Information Science or equivalent qualification from a recognized and accredited institution

• Ordering for new books, journals and any other periodicals/publications and materials needed in the library
• Indexing and abstracting journal articles
• Maintaining and updating University database
• Editing & compiling quarterly reports for the library section
• Stock-taking the library collection
• Charging and discharging library information resources to users
• Providing reference and referral services to library patrons
• Distributing publishers’ cataloguers to faculty deans and heads of departments
• Processing of inter-library loan requests
• Cataloguing and classification of newly acquired information resources
• Verifying bibliographic details of library materials
• Maintaining user profiles
• Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI)
• Teaching library skills and user education
• Offering ICT services to various categories of users
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor

• ICT services
• Library skills
• User education
• Cataloguing
• Classification
• Indexing
• Abstracting
• Database maintenance
• Report compilation
• Stock-taking
• Reference services
• Inter-library loans
• Bibliographic verification
• User profile maintenance
• Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI)

• Bachelor’s degree in library studies, Library Science, Information Science or equivalent qualification from a recognized and accredited institution