Information Assistant (Academic Services)

About the Job

Part time - Permanent: 18.5 hours per week

Interview date: 26 January 2023

Library and Learning Services (LLS) are seeking to appoint an Information Assistant to join a busy academic library team. As part of the Digitisation and Inter-library loan team you will contribute to the acquisition and delivery of print and digital resources and be responsible to the Collections and Licensing Specialist.

The position involves liaising with other organisations to acquire content on loan or in digital format and making digital copies of articles and book chapters available to students via reading list software. You will also be involved in maintaining metadata and records of the loans via our library management and resource discovery software.  

The postholder will be expected to work across all teams within Academic Services, including Reading Lists and Accessible Formats and will have some involvement in checking accessibility and compliance with standards.

About you 

You will be organized, self-motivated and able to work unsupervised. You will also be a team player with a flexible, positive approach and excellent communication skills. The role requires you to have high levels of accuracy and attention to detail and to be able to adapt to occasional changes in technology and workflow.

You will be educated to GCSE level, or higher, and will be a confident user of IT and internet-based applications. You will also have an interest in digital delivery and library and information processes and systems.

Qualification 

Essential:

• 5 GCSEs at grade C or above, or NVQ Level 2, or equivalent qualification or relevant experience

Desirable:

• 2 or more A-Levels or NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification

Library and Learning Services 

Library and Learning Services (LLS) consists of the University Library, Learning Development, Language Development Centre, Learning Technology and the Learning and Teaching Enhancement team.

The post is based within the University Library’s Academic Services team which also includes the Academic Librarians, Discovery & Metadata Team, Reading List Team and Scholarly Systems Team.

Library and Learning Services is based within the Learning Hub, an innovative library, study, and teaching building at the new Waterside campus in Northampton.

About Us

Come to the University of Northampton and you will see that we do things a bit differently.

We are one of the youngest universities in the UK but we are already leading the way in adding value to society, which we call social impact. We have won multiple awards for our work in this area, among others, but what matters the most to us is ensuring that our students and graduates have the opportunity to make their mark on the world too. That’s why we were the first university in the UK to be named as a Changemaker Campus in 2012.

We want to break the mould of what Higher Education can be. This has led us to build a whole new University from the ground up that is designed to reflect the way that students actually learn rather than the way they are expected to learn. Waterside Campus opened in September 2018.

Our commitment to transforming lives and inspiring change is at the heart of all that we do.

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