Job Description
Position Title: Library Generalist II
Job Code: AD187
Department: Library
Reports to: Director of Library and Archives
FLSA Classification: Non-exempt
Hours per Week: 40
Pay Rate: $14.50 per hour
Job Summary: Under the direction of the Director of Library and Archives, the Library Generalist will perform paraprofessional level library work in both public and technical services while acting as a floater between Naropa University’s three library branches.
Job Duties:
- Provide service at the front circulation desk at all libraries, often as the only on-duty staff member—this includes checkout, shelving, and technology assistance.
- Provide basic reference service.
- Assist in indexing and uploading digital content to the University’s digital archive.
- Other projects assigned as needed.
Potential Secondary Duties:
- Copy cataloging our vinyl music collection.
- Assist with uploading and creation of EReserves content.
- Search EReserves for items that do not meet ADA and/or copyright compliance and assist with rescanning and/or correcting content.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School diploma.
- Moderate to high level of computer literacy.
- Previous experience in circulation and/or reference, preferably at an academic library.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in any field related to a field of study at Naropa University.
- At least one year of circulation and/or reference experience.
- Copy cataloging experience.
- Knowledge of AACR2r, RDA, LCSH, and OCLC.
- Experience cataloging music recordings.
- Knowledge of ADA and copyright law.
- Experience using EReserves systems in general and the ELearning platform in specific.
Naropa University is actively engaged in creating an inclusive, diverse community and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. In keeping with our diversity initiatives, we encourage applications from persons of historically under-represented groups and those who support diversity.
The Community
A renowned Tibetan Buddhist, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, founded Naropa University in 1974. His vision was to take the very best elements of western scholarship and combine them with an emphasis on eastern wisdom tradition to reinvent education in the United States.
Eastern Wisdom and Buddhism is expressed at Naropa today as Contemplative Education. Contemplative Education combines three educational pedagogies—Traditional Academics, Experiential Learning, and Contemplative Practice—to form a unique and innovative approach to higher education that truly does take the best of western scholarship with the best of eastern wisdom.
The two "western" pedagogies; Traditional Academics and Experiential Learning, as well as the more traditionally eastern pedagogy of Contemplation Practice are expressed as the "three areas of inquiry," which are, in turn, rooted in the Three Prajnas of Buddhism, or the three ways of knowing: study, reflection, and meditation.
The fields of study we offer reflect this combination of East and West and are an expression of our mission and values. Our focus is on psychology, education, leadership, religious studies and the arts. Naropa is committed to inspiring students to engage courageously with a complex and challenging world and innovate, lead, create and serve.
HR Info
Applications: Application review continues until position is filled. Qualified candidates should apply online at
http://www.naropa.edu/about-naropa/employment/index.php and include a letter of interest and resume.