School Library Aide Job Descriptions
School library aides provide assistance to librarians, students and teachers in the school library. They perform customer service, along with clerical and computer tasks, and some light maintenance. Their work allows the school librarians to focus on higher-level responsibilities.
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Materials Handling
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School library aides check books and other materials in and out of the library. They re-shelve books, magazines, compact discs and videotapes, straighten the collections, and do light dusting. They do minor repairs of book and magazine covers and pages.
Assisting Students
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School library aides show students how to use library resources such as reference materials and audiovisual media. They teach students how to locate certain types of books in the library.
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Supervising Students
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Supervising students in the library is also part of the school library aide job description, to ensure noise levels stay low and the environment is conducive to learning.
Administrative Work
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They also answer the phone, and do data entry to add records of new materials to the library database. They create and send overdue notices to students and teachers.
Events and Activities
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School library aides may help coordinate special events, such as book fairs or sales, and activities that motivate students to read.
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