Assistant Librarian - Reference/Information Literacy

The Library at the Byblos campus has a vacancy for an Assistant Librarian – Reference/Information Literacy whose main responsibility is to assist the Reference Librarian in administering Reference activities and maintain the Reference collection so as to ensure proper patron serving.

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

• Answers patrons’ questions and assists them in all their queries.


• Trains patrons on the use of OPAC and electronic resources providing them with research and bibliographic instruction.


• Helps patrons in preparing documentation and bibliographies.


• Assists the Reference Librarian in supervising the Reference room and in the proper shelving of the Reference collection.


• Performs other duties and responsibilities pertinent to this job as assigned or appropriate.

Required Qualifications:

• B.E., B.A. or B.S. or equivalent to Bachelor’s degree from a renowned university


• At least 2-4 years of experience in library reference services


• Excellent English and Arabic written and oral skills


• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills


• Computer literate

Applications should be emailed to: byblos.hire@lau.edu.lb

specifying the job title in the subject line.

The closing date for receiving applications is Sunday August 12, 2012

No applications will be accepted after this date, and only