Library Assistant

The Library Assistant role at Birmingham City University involves supporting the processes that make library resources accessible both physically and virtually to the University community and beyond. Key responsibilities include efficient and customer-focused services, timely and accurate acquisitions, and processing of library resources. The role also involves maintaining a supportive and pleasant environment for learning, teaching, and research activities. The assistant may be asked to work with different teams and would have responsibilities across acquisitions, e-resources and serials management, cataloguing and classification, inter-library lending and document delivery, and open access management. The role requires a good general standard of education, a strong commitment to customer care, excellent communication skills, good numeracy, digital literacy, teamwork abilities, and high organisational skills. Experience in a library setting is desirable but not essential.