Catalog library assistant vs circulation desk assistant

Differences between catalog library assistant and circulation desk assistant duties and responsibilities

Catalog library assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage database reports for acquisitions, inventory, circulation statistics, and cataloging.
• Search, input, and retrieve information on the OCLC database.
• Develop and revise MARC records for new and existing print materials.
• Process books for circulation, including cataloging and preparation for commercial bindery.
• Manage database reports for acquisitions, inventory, circulation statistics, and cataloging.
• Develop and maintain young adult fiction/nonfiction collection.

Circulation desk assistant example responsibilities.

• Utilize computerized system for circulating books and DVDs.
• Stack, sort, and insert ads into newspapers.
• Assist in running equipment to bundle newspapers to be send out to carriers for delivery.
• Assign and monitor computers to students; check books and DVDs in and out using a computerize system.
• Perform regular cataloging of new acquisitions, maintaining accurate data building for microfilm, microfiche, periodicals, and academic collections.
• Develop library collection materials for young adults including award-winning non-fiction and fiction titles.