Job Duties by Department

Department	Job Duties

Billing & Borrowing	Perform routine billing procedures including staffing the service desk, making payments, and answering questions. Prepare mailings, file paperwork and other duties as required.

Circulation	Perform routine circulation functions at the service desk including checking materials out, responding to patron queries, and other duties as assigned. Perform routine service of copy machines and printers. Student assistants may be responsible for opening and closing the library.

Course Reserve	Help process materials for Course Reserve, including scanning paper documents and retrieving materials from various libraries as requested by UB faculty.

Collection Development	Shelve library materials, photocopy (books and microforms), verify data in the online catalog, and assist in preparing study aids, and mailings, among other responsibilities.

Government Documents	Shelve books and file microfiche into four separate collections, each with their own distinct filing system. Use the library catalog to check and/or change records. Perform random office work such as filing, photocopying, and word processing. Assist librarians with special projects, such as entering data into spreadsheets.

Interlibrary Loan	Retrieve books and journals from the Arts and Sciences Libraries, photocopy articles and book chapters, process requests on-line, and package materials.

Reference	Shelve the Reference collection, check for materials using the library catalog, photocopy materials, maintain the collection, and assist librarians with special projects.

Stacks	Pick-up and shelve library materials, maintain the collections in proper order.