University of St. Thomas Libraries seeks Course Materials Specialist/Evening Supervisor

The University of St. Thomas Libraries seeks a Course Materials Specialist/Evening Supervisor to join our Access Services team. The person in this position collaborates with instructors to build and deliver course materials in our Learning Management System and contributes to the supervision of our Access Services Desk and OSF Library building.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Course Materials Specialist:
  • Monitors library systems for electronic course materials requests; manages these requests by communicating with faculty; processes requests in the library’s Leganto software, and delivers the materials in Canvas LMS.
  • Manages the library’s physical course reserves requests from receipt to delivery by communicating with faculty when necessary.
  • Interprets and administers the libraries’ policies for copyright and fair use.
  • Maintains both public-facing and internal documentation about Leganto software for course reserves services.
  • Calculates students’ savings and other engagement and usage measures.
• Library Operations Supervisor:
  • Maintains a safe building in collaboration with Facilities and Public Safety.
  • Provides face-to-face, phone, and email assistance to library patrons; refers questions to liaison librarians and peer research assistants when appropriate.
  • Monitors library space usage by administering the library’s rover programs and develops reports and visualizations about the usage.
  • Provides backup technical assistance for lab computers.
  • Closes the library building according to established procedures.
  • Provides leadership in special and emergency situations.
• Student Supervision:
  • Trains, assigns tasks, and coaches student employees to successful job performance.
  • Communicates with supervisors on issues.
  • Develops training materials for student employees.
• Circulation, Collections & System Management:
  • Collaborates with other shift supervisor to fulfill all requests timely throughout the day
  • Monitors and ensures the ease of use and retrieval for library’s circulating and reference collections.
  • Trains and oversees student employees in fulfilling work queues according to circulation policies and procedures.
  • Creates, modifies, and maintains patron, short bib, and item records in the library system according to standards and conventions.
  • Reports issues and recommends improvements on library’s policies and procedures.
  • Establishes daily, weekly, monthly, and annual circulation reports.
  • Assists with retrieving items from shelves, scanning, processing, and filling borrowing requests.
  • Maintains “New Books” shelf.

To learn more and apply for the position, please visit the University of St. Thomas employment website.