Title: Library Coordinator (Library Associate II)
Salary Range: $3,490 - $4,363
Contract Term Length: 12 Months
Standard Hours: 37.5
Work Location: On-Site
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
College: Bluegrass Community & Technical College
Campus Location: Bluegrass C&TC - Newtown Pike Campus
Department: Academics, & Student Services
Total Rewards
Bluegrass Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity, including:
- Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
- Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
- 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
- Vacation/Sick Time
- Work-Life Balance
- 9.5 Paid Holidays
- 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
- Employee Assistance Program
Job Summary
Oversees day-to-day library operations across the physical spaces, including scheduling, opening and closing procedures, routine circulation activities, student-worker coordination, supplies, and space-use support. Provides functional coordination of student workers and part-time assistants while focusing on operational excellence rather than formal supervision of full-time personnel. Delivers excellent customer service, interprets policies, and maintains welcoming library environments.
Reports to the Library Director.
Job Duties:
- Coordinates daily operations across library spaces, including opening/closing procedures, scheduling, supplies management, and space maintenance.
- Coordinates student workers and part-time assistants, including recruitment support, onboarding, training, task assignment, and performance guidance.
- Assists in overseeing circulation operations, including billing, borrower accounts, financial holds, and policy interpretation for equitable access.
- Assists in maintaining physical collections and spaces, including shelving, shifting, shelf-reading, cleaning, signage, and presentation standards.
- Provides front line customer service, including general reference assistance (in-person and virtual), policy interpretation, and user support.
- Maintains library management system records and compiles operational data and reports as needed.
- Troubleshoots equipment issues, manages inventory, and coordinates resolution with IT and library leadership.
- Supports library projects and initiatives, collaborating with librarians on user-facing services and special assignments.
- Collaborates with campus departments to ensure the library’s presence at campus public events.
- Serves on college and/or system committees as assigned.
Performs other related duties as assigned in support of the library and institutional priorities.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Library Science or related field and two years of professional experience in a library environment.
- Knowledge of library systems as it relates to the circulation of materials.
- Knowledge of bibliographic description and cataloging.
- Strong customer service focus and skills and commitment to user-centered service.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Library Science or related field and four years of professional experience in a library environment.
- Experience with Ex Libris systems, including Alma and Primo, in an academic library setting.
- Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Experience promoting or marketing library resources and services.
- Experience coordinating student workers or part-time staff.
Additional Skills Requested:
- Commitment to creating an accessible, welcoming, and forward-looking library environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to fostering a welcoming environment, fairness, and broad access to library services..
- Successful experience working with a wide variety of community members.
- Commitment to the mission of the comprehensive community and technical college.
- Personal and professional integrity.
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a team.
- Proficiency with email, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation software, and internet-based tools used to maintain records, generate reports, and communicate with others.
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Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.
