Collections Access Librarian (Internal)

Job Purpose:

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Location: Central Library and McBey Library, Art Gallery
Duration: Fixed Term, 22 months

Roles that require PVG Membership

Please note that with effect from 1 April 2023, where a role requires PVG membership, candidates will be required to meet the cost of the PVG membership. This applies only to roles with a full time equivalent salary of £30,000 and above. (Teaching roles and jobs at Grade 11 and above (currently £31,505 per annum / £17.31 per hour)

The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members, and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.

Job purpose/about the role

The Collections Access Librarian will:

• Ensure the provision and development of digital access to Library and Learning Service resources.
• Support the development, delivery and use of digital resources and services.
• Ensure accurate bibliographic records for all physical and digital Library and Learning Service resources.

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

Degree or post graduate qualification in Library and Information Studues Member of Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)

The postholder is able to demonstrate:

As a minimum, demonstrate skills and experience in

• Assisting and supporting service users
• Digitising materials in a variety of formats.
• Ensuring health and safety of staffand service users
• Monitoring and evaluating services
• Partnership and collaborative working
• Presentations skills and delivery of outreach to range of partners/customers
• Project management
• Selection/procurement of resources/budget management
• Time management and ability to prioritise 
• Training and supporting groups or individuals
• Use of new technologies in service delivery
• Bibliographic management of resources including cataloguing and classification

As a minimum, demonstrate an understanding of

• Best practice relating to health and safety in the workplace 
• Evaluation methodology to continuously improve services
• Information sources particularly in relation to cataloguing, classification and digitisation of resources
• Legislation relating to libraries, copyright, data protection and freedom of information
• Library management systems
• National and local priorities and initiatives relating to digital access to resources
• National policies and guidance on corporate parenting responsibilities and the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children
• Volunteering initiatives and policies

Demonstrate commitment to

• Continuing professional development
• Continuous improvement of services based upon reliable evidence
• Developing staff to deliver high quality customer focused services
• Ensuring the Library and Learning Service supports the achievement of local and national priorities
• Supporting the delivery of the Aberdeen City Council vision for Aberdeen as a place all people can prosper

Other requirements

• Achieving chartered librarian status within 2 years of commencement 
• Complete successfully all relevant corporate training within agreed timescales
• Requirement to participate in continuing professional development
• Requirement to travel between library sites and locations
• Requirement to work flexibly as and when required which may include outwith normal operating hours

About Us

Please see the Job Profile for further details.

Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. For further information, please see our Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Recruitment pack.

Flexible Working

We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Employer.  If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact AskHR@aberdeencity.gov.uk.

Armed Forces

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a gold award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.  We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families: armedforces@aberdeencity.gov.uk.  We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:

• have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 (all jobs)
• looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
• are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
• have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
• are New Scots aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships

Please note that eligibility to work in the UK is dependent on legal status and all applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

Further information can be found at https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/jobs