Acquisitions Support Staff (Temporary Hourly)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Position reports to Head of Acquisitions.
• Searches book orders in library catalog.
• Searches OCLC for bibliographic hard copy records to export into local system.
• Assigns campus location codes to hard copy book MARC records.
• Prepares materials for processing in Cataloging.
• Creates purchase orders to domestic and foreign vendors in SIRSI workflows.
• Creates invoices in SIRSI workflows.
• Searches eBook requests for availability according to established license agreements with vendors.
• Evaluates hard copy book donations according to established library procedures.
• Identifies duplication and circulation statistics among the three campus libraries.
• Searches hard copy books in OCLC for exporting purposes.
• Maintains and reports daily statistics.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• B.A.
• Academic library experience.
• Must be detail oriented.
• Must have a working knowledge of OCLC and some experience working with an integrated library system, such as SIRSI, Alma, or other.
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Must be capable of lifting cartons of books.

HOURS: 

• 15 hrs./wk. flexible days and hours Monday- Friday from 8:30am-5:00pm

APPLY:

• Send CV and cover letter to Elizabeth Garity, Head of Acquisitions, garity@fordham.edu

All persons hired are required to be vaccinated and boosted against the COVID-19 virus.

Submit specified application materials to garity@fordham.edu.