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Administration

The librarian has a number of administrative duties. Library budgets are their responsibility. If the library needs new materials and equipment, the librarian research products and assist in making purchasing decisions. The librarian also assists in negotiating contracts for materials and equipment. Some of the duties are listed below:

• Evaluating library materials and services and assisting in the selection of materials for library acquisition.
• Processing new materials, making them ready for checkout.
• Preparing and disseminating overdue notices.
• Collecting replacement costs for lost and damaged items and submitting to the office.
• Keeping statistical records on usage, circulation, etc.
• Promoting the effective and efficient use of the library and library resources
• Selecting, acquiring, maintaining and withdrawing library stock, ensuring a balance between subject and ability levels and showing an active engagement in diversity and equality issues
• Making library cards for new children and new staff using MLS Cloud

Management

The librarian is responsible for managing the entire library by maintaining collections, organizing materials, and developing databases. Common tasks for the librarian are listed below

• Analyzing and organising book collections by subject.
• Developing computer information storage and retrieval systems
• Overseeing the management of the library.
• Compiling lists of materials of interest to children.
• Maintaining an organized and up-to-date catalog and circulation system
• Shelving materials and making sure items are maintained in the correct order.
• Executing all automated inventory, both in library and Class libraries.
• Maintaining a friendly and helpful atmosphere for children and staff.
• Keeping the library organized, clean, neat, and welcoming to visitors.
• Preparing bulletin boards and displays on a regular basis.
• Managing the school library and all resources throughout the school
• Organising, cataloguing and classifying library resources, both electronic and print-based
• Making the library attractive and accessible to all children and staff, including displays.
• Managing, maintaining and promoting the school library and teacher resources
• Old books - updating of faded spines, fresh plastic covers.
• Stock lists: Continue entering stock into Junior Librarian system or MLS, Continue entering and updating of stock lists on Google Docs.
• Stock-check: library items at the end of each term.

Teaching

Librarianhelps pupils and teachers to access all the materials they need to help them learn and teach. They play a central role in supporting literacy initiatives in schools and make an important contribution to schools achieving their overall learning targets. Below are some of the responsibilities of a librarian in teaching:

• Recommending books and helping children and staff find the information that they need
• Notifying children and staff on how to use the library systems to find the information they need
• Providing reference service to children and teachers.
• Assisting children in selecting and locating library materials during library lessons
• Planning and conducting programs for children to encourage reading, viewing, and listening
• Notifying children and staff when reserved books are available.
• Supporting and assisting the teaching staff by Identifying and buying quality resources for the school library and classroom libraries to deliver the National Curriculum and primary strategies and support equality and diversity issues.
• Supporting children’s learning by Promoting enjoyment of, and excitement about reading to all children
• Working with teaching staff to take a strategic approach to cultivating a love of reading in children

Accelerated Reading (AR)

• Managing the library book stock and making sure it matches with the AR quizzes available.
• Guiding students to books within their interest level and reading range (ZPD) Zone of Proximal Development.
• Use the AR reports to list future book purchases.
• Managing computers or tablets and make sure they are readily available for students to take quizzes outside lesson times.
• Making sure there is a printer available for printing TOPS reports after quizzing for some students.
• Helping students record what they are reading, pages read each day, their quiz scores, and their progress toward personalized goals on a student reading log. This helps to monitor students’ daily reading and helps students become accountable for their own practice.
• Directing students to search for appropriate AR book titles or nonfiction article quizzes
• Providing regular access to the library for changing books
• Developing the AR library

• Using IT systems to provide support for cataloguing and processing of new materials to the library collection
• Organising resources so that they are easy for library users to find
• Managing the issuing and returning of the library's stock
• Assisting students to become proficient in using online resources
• Performing any other duties as assigned by the librarian or school heads
• Ensuring computerized registration of all incoming documentation
• Assisting in the creation of database
• Checking each returned book, dealing with those needing repairs, new covers, and new lending labels.
• Tidy library: replace returned books on shelves, organize books alphabetically.
• New books – affix new spines, colour labels, lending labels.
• ‘Lost’ books- double check for these on shelves; write and deliver notes for non-returned books.
• Old books - updating of faded spines, fresh plastic covers.
• Boards – assist with the regular updating of these.
• Stock lists: Continue entering stock into Junior Librarian system and updating of stock lists on Google Docs.
• Stock-check: help with this at the end of each term.

• Providing account services to customers by receiving deposits and loan payments; Cashing checks; Issuing savings withdrawals; Recording night and mail deposits; selling cashier's checks, traveler's checks, and answering questions in person
• Recording transactions by logging cashier's checks, traveler's checks and preparing currency transaction reports
• Cross-selling bank products by answering inquiries; informing customers of new services and product promotions
• Maintaining customer confidence and protecting bank operations by keeping information confidential
• Complies with bank operations and security procedures by participating in all dual-control functions
• Reconciling cash drawers by providing cash transactions; counting and packaging currency and coins and turning in excess cash and mutilated currency to cash officers

• Ability to use library management systems, Internet and database searching skills
• Ability to use library systems and specialist computer applications
• Supporting independent research and learning
• Promoting the library's resource to users
• Explaining use of library facilities, resources, equipment and services and provide information about library policies
• Operating Greenstone Digital Library Software
• Scanning documents
• Auditing hansards and acts of parliament

• Categorising and classifying library materials, including books, CD's, films, newspapers, and other documents
• Following the college's library standards and guidelines when classifying documents
• Performing original and copy cataloguing and adapting online records according to guidelines in all subject areas and languages
• Inputing details about new material into library catalog
• Ability to use library management systems, Internet and database searching skills
• Assisting readers to use computer equipment, conduct literature searches etc
• Teaching library patrons to search for information using databases
• Keeping records of circulation and materials
• Analysing patrons' request to determine information needed and assist in furnishing or locating that information