The Andrew Mellon Library at Choate Rosemary Hall has an opening for a Library Assistant to work the academic year and summer school.  The Library Assistant’s primary role is to assist students, teachers, and other library users with their library needs. This role will support Librarians in all aspects of library operations, including supervision of ASK US desk, various clerical and administrative duties, and assist with classes and/or programed instruction. 

This role is part-time with a schedule that includes evenings and weekends.

 Responsibilities:

• Open or close the library according to procedures.
• Participates in the duty rotation at the service desk.
• Provides exemplary customer service.
• Assists students and patrons in locating and using materials and online resources.
• Maintains the library collection; includes shelving and shifting books, adding/withdrawing books, mending and repairing books, and assisting with inventory.
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and attractive library environment.
• Circulates library materials; checking materials in and out, sending overdue announcements, and maintain overdue records.
• Monitors students, handles discipline problems, and responds to patrons needs.
• Participates in library projects, such as weeding and stack maintenance.
• Assists Librarians with the promotion and display of new resources.
• Provides basic troubleshooting for technology resources in the library.
• Assist with photocopying, scanning, printing, uploading data.

•  Requirements: 

  • Associate degree or some college courses completed.
  • 2 years preferred experience working in a school library or youth library setting.

Working at Choate: Choate Rosemary Hall is a coeducational, independent secondary school located in central Connecticut with 850 boarding and day students and over 450 employees. Choate serves intellectually gifted and motivated students of diverse backgrounds from across the globe whose commitment to serious study is enhanced in an academically challenging and personally supportive setting.

Choate provides students with transformative and meaningful experiences that instill lifelong habits of learning, leadership, and service, shaped by innovative and passionate educators. Teaching faculty at Choate are innovative, collaborative, and committed to our students' intellectual, social, emotional, and character development. Our faculty understands that each of our students has the potential for growth and works to encourage students to develop their own ideas and voices in learner-centered environments.

For its students and employees alike, Choate strives to be a diverse and inclusive community where all feel valued and embraced. On our campus, principled individuals from diverse backgrounds are united through common purpose, active engagement, and mutual respect. We celebrate differences and the richness of our varied backgrounds and experiences. Recognizing that working in an inclusive community can also present challenges, we embrace those challenges through ongoing dialogue and interaction, enhancing empathy and appreciation for those whose perspectives differ from our own.

 Choate prohibits in all its programs, including hiring and employment practices, discrimination against or harassment of any member or group based upon age, gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other category protected by Connecticut or federal law, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.

About Choate Rosemary Hall

Choate Rosemary Hall is a coeducational, independent secondary school located in central Connecticut with 850 boarding and day students and over 300 employees. Choate serves intellectually gifted and motivated students of diverse backgrounds from across the globe whose commitment to serious study is enhanced in an academically challenging and personally supportive setting. Employee benefits include a generous defined contribution 403(b)plan, medical and dental insurance coverage, vacation, long-term disability and group term life insurance. Choate prohibits in all its programs, including hiring and employment practices, discrimination against or harassment of any member or group based upon age, gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other category protected by Connecticut or federal law, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.

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