Library Assistant Resume Sample

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Library assistant with six years running circulation, cataloguing and reader services at a busy university branch library serving around 8,000 students. Manages the day-to-day desk, processes new acquisitions, and keeps the Koha catalogue accurate so readers actually find what they need. Cut average shelving turnaround from two days to same-day by reorganising the returns workflow. Runs the library's reader-induction sessions for new students each term and the children's reading hour at a community outreach branch. Comfortable across the whole operation — issuing, cataloguing, digital archives and helping a lost first-year find a journal article. Looking for a library role where good organisation and genuine reader service are valued.

Work Experience

University of Lagos Branch Library - Lagos, Nigeria

Library Assistant August 2017 to Present 8 years & 11 months

Run the circulation desk for a branch serving ~8,000 students, handling issues, returns, renewals and reservations during peak exam periods.
Catalogue and classify new acquisitions in Koha to Dewey standards, keeping records accurate so items are reliably findable.
Reorganised the returns-and-shelving workflow, cutting average reshelving turnaround from two days to same-day.
Deliver reader-induction sessions each term, teaching new students catalogue search, databases and borrowing rules.
Manage overdue tracking and reminders, recovering items and reducing long-outstanding loans noticeably.
Maintain the digital-archive portal, scanning and indexing special-collection material for online access.

Lagos City Public Library - Lagos, Nigeria

Library Trainee August 2015 to July 2017 2 years

Supported circulation and shelving across a busy public library, learning classification and member services hands-on.
Processed and labelled new stock and helped run the children's reading-hour programme.
Assisted readers at the enquiry desk, building the reader-service skills central to the current role.
Learned the Koha system here, which led to the formal certification and the move to the university branch.

Highlights

Education