Hazel Mammeshi

Circulation Services

• Registering new patrons on ALMA.
• Handling of books issued/returned/renewed.
• Statistical report on queries attended.
• Recording cash received through the circulation desk (recharge/ fines/new cards).
• Recommendations submitted on areas that need improvement.
• List of damaged items identified for repair, relevant form completed and submitted to the stack attendant.

Collection development, maintenance,and management.

• Submit recommended book titles relevant to the collection to the line manager.
• Submit a stocktaking report conducted on allocated sections, including findings and recommendations.
• Conduct shelving and shelf-reading in the library.

Information Services Support.

• Attending all general complaints and queries received and providing possible solutions.
• Interact with library patrons to determine their information needs.
• Provide updates on After- hours library activities.
• Identify all Alma challenges and inform the System Librarian for ratification.

Team Support.

• Identify and support basic library catalog, database training, and formal library training.
• Provide formal training sessions for undergraduate students upon request by the faculty librarian.
• Identify and monitor library maintenance challenges after-hours.
• Collect, compile, and update the library screen as an information awareness platform for library patrons.
• Create, compile, circulate, and liaise with marketing task team members about possible messages, data or information that can be posted on the Facebook page for the UMP community.
• Participate and contribute to both Open Access and Marketing task teams.

• Performing the overall management and operational functions of the circulation desk and cyber centre/research commons.
• Daily handling and solving of both circulation and cyber centre/research commons queries.
• Daily shelving and shelf-reading of prescribed textbooks and also verifying if the books are in good condition.
• Monitoring the issuing, renewals, overdue, returning and on-hold library items using the Sierra library catalogue system.
• Conducting information literacy workshops and training (e.g. how to download e-books and how to search academic journal articles).
• Assisting undergraduate, postgraduate and academic staff with information queries in the research commons.
• Providing academic support for students and staff in the research commons.

Leadership

• Performing the overall management, operation and functioning of the library.
• Developed and implemented school library rules.
• Development and implementation of the school library policy.
• Provide library orientation.
• Provision of effective management by giving formal and on the job training to both learners and teachers.
• Participating in professional development activities and work alongside staff to support and promote the effective use of the library.
• Promoting the library as a focal point for learners.

Organization and Administration

• Classifying books according to Dewey Decimal Classification system.
• Arrangement of library materials by differentiating between the open collection and the reference collection.
• Preparing library timetables and budgets.
• Managing procedures and library maintenance.

Maintenance

• Organizational maintenance of the library.
• Ensuring that the library stays neat and clean at all times.
• Ensuring that books are well maintained and that there are a variety of books available for learners’ curriculums.

Student Guidance

• Assisting learners in finding books and reference materials.
• Teaching and encouraging learners to learn more, inspire a love of literacy.
• Supervision of learners in the library.

Liaising and Communication

• Act as a liaison between the principal and the sponsors.
• Communicating library needs with the principal and the sponsors.
• Inducting learners and teachers into the library system.