About this role
Duties and Responsibilities
- Lend and receive information resources.
- Provide instruction in the access, use, and evaluation of library resources for individuals and groups in the university.
- Administration of library user surveys.
- Conduct library orientation for new library users.
- Catalogue and classify information resources by using the Library of Congress classification scheme.
- Upload documents to the institutional repository by scanning the hard copies to promote global access through the open access programme of library resources.
- Identify metadata from researchers’ profiles by searching for their publications and uploading them to promote easy filtering and access of information in the university library.
- Tag and barcode information materials to promote security and accountability of materials issued/ lent out.
- Serve as help desk to provide information to users by responding to enquiries and emerging issues appropriately in the university library.
Qualifications and Experience
- Must be holders of a Bachelor’s degree in Information Science from a recognized Institution.
- At least three (3) years of relevant work experience in an academic library.
- Competent in relevant Library ICT applications.
- Knowledge of a Library Integrated Management System.
Skills Required for the Job
- Knowledge of the Koha Library Information Management System.
- Library ICT applications.
- Knowledge of online resources.
- Reference and information services provision skills
- Cataloguing and classification skills.
- Digital preservation and archiving.
- Good communication skills.
Skills
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