Librarian

Job Description

• Embrace and encourage the ethos and standards of excellence as defined in the GEMS Core Values.
• Assist students to find books appropriate to their reading level and interest and help students and staff source topic‑related books for study.
• Responsible for arrangements for students to borrow library books, keeping records of books borrowed, following up on unreturned books via written letters to parents etc.
• Develop reading lists for various age levels.
• Teach younger students about books, their treatment and the library layout including the Dewey Decimal classification system.
• Liaise with Heads of Department to select and prepare annual library order including selection and renewal of subscriptions for periodicals. Place orders and process delivery of new books.
• Computer cataloguing of all books using the Dewey Decimal system if applicable and produce catalogues of books held.
• Repair and w...