Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to
facilitate success for populations including; first generation
college students, low-income students, and students from
underserved communities.
Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate
outcomes
Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with
others
Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC
Job Posting Title:
Assistant, Senior Library
Job Description Summary:
Coordinate circulation services at the library, including
circulation desk services, staffing, bookkeeping, and training;
assist patrons, report/collect usage statistics, and stack and
collection maintenance in a highly automated, dynamic and customer
service, and teamwork-oriented environment.
Job Description:
Description of Duties and Tasks
- Assists patrons with directional questions, equipment use, and
updating patron information.
- Oversees and/or performs delivery of the following roles:
periodical collection, reserve collection, special collections,
circulation projects, stack maintenance, and technology.
- Assures that circulation task completion meets Austin Community
College (ACC) policies, and Library Services guidelines by
reviewing for accuracy and timely completion. Also assures that
workflow meets ACC, Library Services, and federal standards for
maintaining confidentiality of patron information.
- Compiles and maintains library statistics, such as equipment
use, gate count, inventories, and repair and service records.
- Coordinates a team environment to ensure quality customer
service to students, faculty, and staff.
- Coordinates and oversees the work of circulation staff and
public service role assignments including determining priorities,
scheduling, assigning, training (i.e. training on various
electronic devices), and overseeing the completion of work.
- Opens and/or closes the library.
- Monitors maintenance needs and notifies appropriate staff for
facilities and/or technical problems.
- Tracks and troubleshoots issues (i.e., desktop authentication)
with library equipment; including computers/laptops, printers,
copiers, security gate, and other equipment such as tablet bundles,
maker kits, and in some locations, VDI workstations.
- Assists the head librarian in promoting and implementing
library safety and security.
- Facilitates circulation services training of full-time,
part-time, hourly, work study, and other library employees.
- In the absence of library manager assists patrons as needed by
contacting other ACC libraries.
- Establishes and/or revises work methods, forms, processes or
procedures to improve workplace efficiency in both individual and
group settings.
- Serves on Library Services or other ACC teams, committees, or
group work projects.
- Coordinates and manages team projects (collection, e-devices
maintenance, assisting with project implementation).
Knowledge
- Principles and practices of library operations.
- Library proprietary software.
- Current technology practices.
- Office productivity.
Skills
- Maintaining effective time management practices, including an
established work schedule, possible weekend and evening hours,
and/or work at multiple campus locations.
- Using effective oral and written interpersonal and workplace
communication skills.
- Coordinating, delegating, and overseeing the work of
others.
- Using effective organizational and planning skills with
attention to detail, procedures or standards, and task completion,
in an individual or group setting.
- Providing superior customer service.
- Researching and locating work-related information and materials
in print, web, wiki, and vendor specific/proprietary software
environments.
- Training other library employees (paraprofessional and
faculty).
- Creating circulation desk employee schedules.
- Problem-solving and reporting skills in a variety of settings
such as public service desk, individual, or group work
settings.
- Interpreting and applying guidelines and instructions in order
to resolve workflow issues and patron concerns.
- Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and
materials.
- Establishing and maintaining effective work
relationships.
- Following and applying ACC and Library Services policies and
procedures related to property and materials acquisition, movement,
and disposal.
- Skill with various circulation equipment such as barcode
scanners and material sensitizers/desensitizers.
Technology Skills
- Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and
presentation software.
- Use automated library systems within a web-based
environment.
Required Work Experience
- Two years related work experience.
Required Education
Four years of related work experience may substitute for the
degree. Experience used here cannot be used again to meet the
experience requirement or for placement purposes. Please note that
the College reserves the right to amend these terms of substitution
at any time.
Special Requirements
- Valid Texas Driver's License and reliable transportation needed
for local Austin area travel.
Other Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of ACC Library Services Policy and Procedures Manual,
and inter-library loan policies and processes.
- Familiar with new technologies such as tablet bundles, maker
kits, desktop authentication, and VDI Workstations.
Physical Requirements
- Work is performed in a standard office or similar
environment.
- Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching,
pushing, and pulling.
- Occasional lifting of objects up to 30 pounds.
Salary Range (PG 3)
$48,630 - $55,284
Number of Openings:
1
Job Posting Close Date:
August 25, 2026
Clery Act
As required by the US Department of Education, employees are
required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne
Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), select individuals are
required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a
Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified,
trained, and provided resources for reporting.
Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as
required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the
previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on
campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and
in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by
ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus
security and other safety information.
For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit
www.austincc.edu/asr . You may
obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer (
CleryComplianceOfficer@austincc.edu ). For an overview, see ACC's
Clery Act website.
Disclaimer
The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended
to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the
job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities
required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with
business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or
delete portions of this job description at any time, with or
without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties
as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable
accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the
job.
To apply, please visit: https://austincc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Round-Rock-Campus/Assistant--Senior-Library_R-9704
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