The Role
Librarians are primarily responsible for providing focused library services inside the library to RMIT Vietnam students and staff at the front desk, monitoring library use, facilities, and equipment to ensure a healthy & safe environment for student. Librarians also contribute to the building and maintaining library collections as well as the development of information services across the Library.
Reports to: Deputy Senior Librarian, Library Operations & User Services
Your Responsibilities
- Assume administrative duties involving operational activities such as acquisitions, cataloguing, way finding, record keeping, and overall support the entire Library Team.
- Maintaining library’s physical collection along with keeping up with current and new digital collections to facilitate University learning, teaching and research; suggesting library resources in varied formats, including print and e- books along with multimedia resources; reviewing the physical condition of the collection; making decisions on replacement, withdrawal or preservation of individual titles according to library policy.
- Backing up Liaison Librarians through the creative delivery, development, and presentation of innovative digital skills and literacy programs to the RMIT community.
- Providing all library services during daytime, evenings, weekends and public holidays as required; Library services include borrowing and returning; intra- library loans between SGS, HAN, and MEL; working with the Library Management Systems as needed; service desk administrative tasks; shelving; linking students to learning resources; and ensuring user satisfaction with all library services & resources.
- Developing positive working relationships among the entire RMIT community; actively marketing and promoting new services and resources; understanding the needs of the students and staff of the RMIT Vietnam community and helping tailor library services to those needs.
- Providing reference assistance through physical and virtual service points to the entire RMIT community, worldwide
- Monitoring library spaces, noise levels, furniture, and equipment to ensure a healthy & safe environment for all users.
- Participate in internal Library Committees regarding general library policy, strategic planning, and collaborating with library teams in Melbourne as well as represent RMIT at local library professional organization at meetings and conferences
- Managing and creating the content on the university&039;s and the library&039;s social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Yammer, etc.). And supporting in planning and managing Library&039;s marketing campaigns.
