LIBRARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANT LIBRARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANT (SAFETY) at California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Statewide
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Job Summary
Job Description and Duties Under the supervision of the Supervisor of Correctional Education Program (SCEP) or Educational Administrator designee, and functional lead of Senior Librarian (CF) or Librarian (CF) when applicable, the Library Technical Assistant (LTA) (Safety) will perform the following duties in accordance with the State Personnel Board classification specification within the Institution’s Legal or General Library collections. These duties may be performed in a library that is staffed by a Senior Librarian or Librarian, or the LTA may facilitate incarcerated people(s) access to libraries by performing these duties in a satellite library without continuous active supervision from an education administrator, a Senior Librarian or Librarian. The LTA will perform all duties in accordance with Departmental regulations and policies that have been established for library operations. If circumstances arise that are not covered by existing regulations or policy the LTA will seek direction from the appropriate supervisor.
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Would you like a rewarding job as a Senior Librarian, Librarian or Library Technical Assistant for the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR)? Great benefits include: health, dental and vision plans, CALPERS retirement and avenues for salary advancement! OCE is expanding programming and need library staff to provide a variety of services to inmates within the prisons. The libraries provide legal resources, recreation and education materials. Come join the OCE team Division of Rehabilitative Programs
Library Services
Library services provide offenders with an extensive collection of recreational fiction and non-fiction books including: high interest books, self-help, and periodicals. Librarians provide legal research materials (as required by the courts) and rehabilitative support services that include resources on employment, community reentry, and life skills. The libraries contain reference reading materials, periodicals, encyclopedias and books and materials to support academic, career technical and college programs. To learn more visit: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/rehabilitation/oce/hiring.html.
Requirements / Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications Either I Experience: Two years of increasingly responsible subprofessional library experience, including work in book acquisition, cataloging, reference, and compilation of bibliographies. Or II Education: Equivalent to completion of the requirements for an Associate of Arts Degree in Library Science.
Knowledge and Abilities Knowledge of: Elementary principles of professional library work and use of standard library tools; classification and cataloging techniques employed in fiction materials and precataloging techniques employed in nonfiction materials; library practices and procedures; data processing and research techniques related to library work; and library materials, including governmental publications, pamphlets, newspapers, manuscripts, periodicals, films, and microfilms.
Requirements / Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications Either I Experience: Two years of increasingly responsible subprofessional library experience, including work in book acquisition, cataloging, reference, and compilation of bibliographies. Or II Education: Equivalent to completion of the requirements for an Associate of Arts Degree in Library Science.
Knowledge and Abilities Knowledge of: Elementary principles of professional library work and use of standard library tools; classification and cataloging techniques employed in fiction materials and precataloging techniques employed in nonfiction materials; library practices and procedures; data processing and research techniques related to library work; and library materials, including governmental publications, pamphlets, newspapers, manuscripts, periodicals, films, and microfilms.
Comments and Other Information
Please apply at:
https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=507113
Working Conditions
Mule Creek State Prison, in Ione, offers free on-site parking, on-site fitness center, on-site dining option, and is within a one-hour drive to the Sacramento area.
Comments and Other Information
Please apply at:
https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=507113
Working Conditions
Mule Creek State Prison, in Ione, offers free on-site parking, on-site fitness center, on-site dining option, and is within a one-hour drive to the Sacramento area.