Job description
COMPANY PROFILE:
Dream. Create. Inspire. Improving the world through literacy.
Are you interested in more than just a paycheck or job? Come join the team at Baker and Tayler to make an impact on community literacy!
Baker & Taylor has been in business for over 190 years, offering an extensive selection of products and services for academic and public libraries. It is the only partner that can truly offer a one-stop shopping experience for all formats, including print, movies and music, and digital downloadable eBooks and audio content.
Founded in 1828, Baker & Taylor began by binding and publishing books and later expanded into distributing books, originally by horse-drawn carriage. Since then, we’ve grown our focus and efforts to harness the power of technology and digitization to develop progressive and innovative services that promote the progress and success of your library. Based in Charlotte, N.C., Baker & Taylor is an independent, privately held company. We feel privileged to partner with more than 5,000 libraries and to support our library and publishing partners as they advance literacy in communities worldwide.
OUR MISSION:
Our mission is to help our library partners inspire and serve their communities through literacy and learning. By providing libraries with access to a multitude of formats and titles, we help our library partners meet their patrons where they are at in their lives.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION:
At Baker & Taylor, we embrace the unique perspectives and experiences of our team members, customers, and communities. Together we celebrate a culture that facilitates and inspires lifelong learning.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
- Participation in company health (medical, dental) insurance plans on the 1st of the month following your hire date
- Company short-term and long-term disability benefits
- Career development and advancement opportunities
POSITION SUMMARY
- Maintains customer's cataloging database based on local library practices for projects and accounts.
- This includes adding, deleting, and maintaining data significant to the individual customers' requirements.
- Manipulates, converts, and updates data to conform to customers' local cataloging practices. Generates information for the creation and extraction of MARC records using the Cataloging utility.
- Makes printed products based on local practices. Obtains branch distribution to assist in producing inventory records.
- Interprets MARC record and material content for the appropriate codes for different Library Automation Systems.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (The following statements describe the general nature of work being performed in this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties. Additional responsibilities may be assigned by management):
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands and fingers, and lift/move up to 10 pounds. The employee must frequently reach with hands and arms and occasionally walk. Specific vision requirements include close vision in order to view PC screen.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Note The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability, and physical demands required to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
High school graduate or equivalent and one to three years of work experience.- Ability to learn about the manipulation of MARC records and cataloging practices.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively to customers and other employees.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where limited standardization exists and interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
