Library Technician Serials

**Based at Ryde Library**:

- **Cataloguing serials and customer service role**:

- **Permanent Full-Time position, 35 hours per week**

**About Us**

City of Ryde, just 12 kilometres from Sydney CBD, is a place of unique lifestyle and opportunity. It is home to an engaged and culturally diverse community of around 130,000 people, and a strong and growing Smart City economy including more than 13,000 local businesses, Macquarie Park, world-class hospitals, and a leading university. All balanced with beautiful bushland, riverfront parks, open spaces, and sport facilities.

Our council delivers a broad range of services, projects, programs, and events. We are actively committed to innovation, sustainability, resilience and providing exceptional customer experiences, and this relies on attracting and keeping great people. We offer a range of benefits, including flexible work arrangements, health and wellbeing programs, a learning and development program including study support, and a reward and recognition program.

**About City of Ryde Libraries**
- City of Ryde Libraries comprises of five branches at Ryde, West Ryde, North Ryde, Eastwood, Gladesville and a significant online library. Our libraries are lively, busy places of social inclusion where members of our community borrow items for leisure and lifelong learning, learn about new technology, participate in activities, and use our spaces for studying.

**About the Role**
- We have an exciting opportunity within our Library Collections Team for a motivated and experienced Library Technician Serials, who is also passionate about providing excellent customer service. This position is responsible for maintaining and developing the serials service of the library’s collection for our growing and diverse community and contributes to managing collections tasks and duties in the team as required.
- This role includes rostered weekend customer service shifts, evenings and acting as shift supervisor as required.

**About You**
- Successful completion of Diploma in Library and Information Services or equivalent qualification.
- Experience and knowledge of cataloguing and producing high quality cataloguing records.
- Familiarity with RDA, MARC 21, MARC Edit, Dewey, Library of Congress Authorities and Libraries Australia database.
- Knowledge of classification of library materials and learning resources.
- Knowledge and skill to work with various Library Management Systems.
- Attention to detail and the ability to adapt to new systems and procedures.
- Excellent teamwork skills with proven experience to also work independently.
- Experience in a vibrant customer service role and the ability to prioritise tasks.
- Experience in serials collections management desirable.
- Extensive work experience in a library environment.

**Culture & Benefits**
- Long service leave after 5 years, then accrued monthly
- 18 weeks paid parental leave (for eligible employees)
- 3 extra grant days at Christmas to ensure you have time to enjoy the holiday
- Annual performance reviews and Award increases
- Opportunity to sign up as a fitness passport member
- Various health & well-being initiatives (i.e. flu vaccinations, etc.)

**How to apply**

**Closing Date**: Sunday 6 July 2025 at 11:30pm

If you would like to know more, please see the **position description** or contact Vanessa Maino on (02) 9952 8361 for a confidential discussion.

**City of Ryde is committed to Equal Employment and Child Safety