Vacancy Details

Vacancy Details

Position ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN (1)
Description

The Assistant Librarian position is a middle manager in the Library. The purpose of the job is to contribute to the development of library collections, make sure information is delivered promptly, and assist with various research tasks. The Assistant Librarian will also serve duties of faculty liaison to an assigned faculty.



Duties
  • Fosters strong, collaborative relationships
    with faculty to align library resources and services with their research,
    innovation, commercialisation, teaching and learning needs.
  • Assists  in
    the assessment, and implementation new information technologies in the library.
  • Facilitates in acquisition, preservation
    and disposal of library materials, cataloguing, classification, and metadata
    creation for library materials.
  • Assists in the enforcement of library
    policies.
  • Contributes to the assessment of library
    facilities, collections based on user needs and trends, cataloguing practices.
  • Contributes to collection, archiving,
    accessibility, and discoverability of the university's research output.
  • Assists with training and support for
    library staff.
  • Monitors compliance with licensing and
    access rights.
  • Processes interlibrary loan requests.
  • Participates in library stock take and
    collects data for usage statistics.
  • Provides information literacy skills
    training and research support.
  • Registers and orients new library users and
    participates user education programmes.
  • Contributes to supervision and periodic staff
    performance evaluations in a designated section.
  • Participates in library quality assurance
    programmes.
  • Supports the administration of user
    surveys.
  • Contributes to the development of policies,
    guides and standards.
  • Collects statistics on patrons’
    registration, library resources usage, etc.
  • Performs any other Library-related duties
    as assigned by the Sub-Librarian, Deputy Librarian or Librarian.

Qualifications And Experience
  • Masters’ Degree in Library and Information Science
  • At least two (2) years post-qualification work experience in a university or research library.
Skills
  • Collection development and management
  • Information and digital literacy instruction
  • Metadata and discovery systems
  • Team leadership and staff development
  • Interpersonal and communication skills
  • Technology and data acumen


Closing Date 31 May 2026
Status
Still Open