Support Associate for Access Services - Binghamton University

Budget Title: Instructional Support Associate (SL-2)

Salary: $51,261 - $61,261

The Support Associate for Access Services is responsible for contributing to the successful delivery of library services, such as, but not limited to, technology checkout, course reserves, reservable rooms, and shelving/paging of materials. They may serve formally as student supervisors, but more likely serve as a resource for student assistants, who provide supplemental support at service locations and complete departmental tasks.

The primary location of this position is Bartle Library, with a primary daytime Monday - Friday schedule. This schedule may need to be occasionally flexed to assist with building opening, as well as during semester-end Reading and Exam periods to ensure desk coverage during the Libraries' 24-hour operations.

This position reports to the Director for Access Services.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to a shared coverage model for all service points in the department, responding to in-person inquiries, as well as phone, email, and LibAnswers tickets:
  • Provide direct customer service via directional assistance, making appropriate referrals, reporting facility concerns, facilitating lost and found items, and assisting with basic access to resources.
  • Provide direct circulation services, such as checking materials in/out, including course reserves and loanable technology. Circulation services also include assisting with reservations for publicly-accessible rooms in Bartle Library.
• Contribute to the successful daily shelving operations at Bartle Library:
  • Check in, scan, route, sort, and/or shelve returned library materials as needed.
  • Scan, sort, and shelve new library materials as they arrive from the Cataloging unit.
  • Coordinate with Staff Associate for Access Services to communicate and facilitate shelving updates and training to departmental staff and student colleagues.
• Contribute to the overall collection management of print materials at Bartle Library:
  • Page print materials related to Course Reserves requests.
  • Conduct searches for loaned materials that have been claimed returned by patrons.
  • Routinely review lost item reports to ensure items are in the correct status.
• Balance scheduled desk coverage shifts with off-desk duties and responsibilities. Desk schedules/shifts are generated on a semester-by-semester basis but may change daily based on unexpected absence or tardiness. During periods of low activity at service points, the position is expected to prioritize and complete routine tasks that are compatible with providing service and support at the desk.
• Provide facility support such as assisting with opening/closing procedures when needed, tidying of spaces and shelves, reporting facility concerns, and facilitating lost and found items.
• Serve as a resource for student assistants, who provide supplemental support at service locations and complete departmental tasks.
• Participate in departmental projects, activities, and innovations.
• Participate in a work culture that promotes diversity and anti-racism and actively works to eliminate or mitigate the effects of systemic racism and bias.

• Bachelor's degree
• Customer service experience
• Experience working with Microsoft Office or Google Workspace applications for communication and productivity

Preferred:

• Experience working in libraries
• Understanding of the importance of confidentiality of library records

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you currently need sponsorship or will need it in the future to maintain employment authorization, you do not meet eligibility requirements. Additionally, please note that Binghamton University is not an E-Verify employer.

Offers of employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check and verification of degree(s) and credentials

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