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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Building a Learning Society in Vietnam using Library

Libarian Assistant

Saigon South International School 

Saigon South International School (SSIS) is a college preparatory school teaching an American style curriculum. The current student body of over 700 consists of students from Pre - school through Grade 12. They come from 30 different countries. The faculty of 90 teachers are mostly of American and Canadian nationality.

Job description

1. Assist students and staff in the circulation of library materials, use of the online catalog, and use of online database resources.
2. Perform a variety of clerical and computer-related tasks as assigned.
3. Prepare circulation desk for services on a daily basis with needed supplies.
4. Responsible for shelving, straightening and shelf reading of library materials.
5. Pull library materials which are needed for class use, or which need to be mended, discarded and/or replaced.
6. Process new library materials received for circulation.
7. Process periodicals received for circulation.
8. Sort returned materials by type, location, or unit of library to which assigned.
9. Check to see if returned materials are overdue. Produce overdue reports.
10. Examines returned materials for obvious damage.
11. Records receipt of payment for lost or damaged materials.
12. Answers borrower's questions concerning circulation rules.
13. Assist School Library Media Specialist with class library schedules and scheduling of library assistants.
14. Assists in training of volunteers and new library assistants in circulation procedures.
15. Maintains professional appearance and behaves in a manner appropriate to a public setting.
16. Performs reliably, dependably with a good record of attendance, punctuality, flexibility and time management.
17. Develops work-related goals and objectives.
18. Develops job-related abilities, skills and knowledge.
19. Attends library-related meetings, workshops and any training or in service programs.
20. Performs other duties as assigned by the School Library Media Specialist and HS Principal.

Job requirement

1.Knowledge:
• University Degree
• Knowledge of clerical, customer and personal service.
• English language in excellent.
2.Skill:
• Reading comprehension; active listening; speaking and writing effectively
• Service orientation
• Time management
• Social and cultural perceptiveness
3.Experience:
• Experience in using office equipments and software program utilized by the school libraries.
• Work in international school library preferable
4.Abilities:
• Ability to perform clerical task with limited supervision and assume clerical responsibility for a major segment of the library’s operation
• Ability to work well with students and staffs.
• Ability to be organized and flexible

 For more info.. http://www.ssis.edu.vn