Redwood City School District·Menlo Park, California
The Library Media Technical Associate provides technical support, mentoring, and training for library software and hardware while assisting with media technology activities. They also manage the daily operations of the school library, including collection maintenance, student literacy support, and record-keeping.
LIBRARY MEDIA TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE (LMTA) RCSD takes pride in our dedicated workforce and strong connection with our students, families, and community. Our highly dedicated and skilled team of professionals provides a safe and supportive, inspirational and rigorous, joyful and inclusive environment for all learners. We are looking to build our workforce with a staff who share this vision and want to instill passion in learning emphasizing student strengths and gifts for all learners: all abilities, all ethnicities and cultural identities, LGBTQ+ youth, and multilingual learners.
BASIC FUNCTIONS Under the direction of the District Librarian incumbents in this position will provide mentoring, inservice education and trouble-shooting support for library media software and hardware technical problems.
Under the supervision of the District Librarian and the site principal, assist with media technology activities in a school environment; process and shelve media materials and assist students and staff in the selection of appropriate materials.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES Provide support to district library media assistants under the direction of the District Librarian.
Responsibilities shall include the following: I.
Assist with the training and professional development of school library media assistants, particularly in the areas of new and/or upgrades of software programs such as Alexandria and PowerSchool which are necessary for the smooth functioning of Redwood City School District's Library Media Centers.
This will include attending training sessions with the technology department and organizing and presenting workshops for Library Media Assistants in newly adopted software programs.
2.
Provide troubleshooting services for software and equipment and initiate help tickets for equipment that needs to be repaired by the Technology Department.
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Communicate to Library Media Assistants various methods and techniques used for machine readable cataloging, MARC records, budget monitoring using Excel, library program activities, lesson planning, and presentations using PowerPoint or overheads.
4.
Serve as a mentor to a designated group of Library Media Assistants.
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Provide exemplary library media service and programming in the following areas: Organize and maintain the routine operation of a school library media center including maintenance and weeding of the collection; receive, process, circulate and shelve print and non-print materials according to accepted library procedures.
Assist teachers in teaching students basic information literacy skills; i.e., access, use and evaluate print and non-print materials to improve literacy.
Assist students and teachers in locating and selecting appropriate materials; assist students with special class theme projects or conduct story time as required.
Maintain routine records related to library activities including circulation of books, monies collected and lost materials.
Schedule library media times for classes.
Train, assign and monitor work of volunteer and student helpers.
Maintain the library media center in a clean and orderly condition providing an environment conducive to learning and literacy; assist in maintaining the discipline of students.
Create displays to promote reading and library media units and themes .
Candidates must possess an Associate of Arts degree in library media technology or a relevant certificate, combined with at least two years of experience in a school or public library. Proficiency in library software, troubleshooting technical equipment, and strong interpersonal skills are required.
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