Library & Learning Commons Assistant Intern

Your Opportunity

In accordance with Letter of Understanding #1 – Student Employees, and under direct supervision, the student employee supports basic operations of Learning Commons and Library spaces.

Functions and Duties

Under supervision, the Library & Learning Commons Assistant will perform the following duties: 1. Basic maintenance of the library collection, including re-shelving library materials and reading and sorting library materials into call number order. 2. Assist students with basic navigation and access to the College’s online services, learning management system, and student portals. 3. Pick-up library materials from desks and tables 4. Follow health and safety procedures outlined by regular staff members 5. Maintain limited services at the circulation or help desk in the absence of a regular staff member 6. Tidy library and learning commons spaces and maintain cleanliness of student workstations, and public desk areas. 7. Ensure proper care of computers and equipment 8. Provide basic printing assistance and maintenance, including replacing laser printer toner and paper 9. Provide student ID cards based on established procedures 10. Count and record the number of people using library and learning commons spaces at specified times, record gate counts. 11. Take regular inventory of supplies and equipment related to regular duties 12. Provide written or verbal reports of any problems with equipment or usage, for follow-up by regular staff. 13. Basic end of shift duties such as turning off monitors and clearing people of physical spaces, in the absence of a regular staff member

Education and Experience

Must be currently enrolled as a student at Okanagan College. Previous library, IT, or customer service experience is considered an asset.

Skills and Abilities

 

· Proficiency following oral and written instructions · Excellent time management skills · Effective writing & organizational skills · Works effectively both independently and as part of a team with an aptitude for working in a collegial and collaborative environment · Significant attention to detail

Our Values

• Students first: Creating meaningful life-long educational opportunities of the highest quality for alumni, current, and future students is at the heart of everything we do.
• Community: We are one College. We enthusiastically embrace the opportunity to work with, learn from, and support everyone we encounter collaboratively and collegially.
• Respect: We welcome, embrace, and celebrate that which make us unique in creating an environment in which every individual is valued, affirming our commitment to human dignity for all.
• Courage: We are courageous in our actions in areas that contribute to positive change in our communities and beyond. We have the courage to be vulnerable. We are truthful, sincere, and act ethically with honesty and fairness.
• Relationships: We steward meaningful relationships built on a foundation of reciprocity. We are compassionate, empathic, and care for the holistic well-being of students, employees, community members, and the land.
• Distinction: We choose activities in which we can achieve excellence and positively impact society.

Priority will be given to students who demonstrate financial need.