LIBRARY SHELVER
The Delafield Public Library is seeking a shelver. The position averages between 10-15 hours per week and pays $10.00 per hour to start. The tentative starting date is late August/early September 2026.
Essential duties and responsibilities include:
- Sorting and shelving books, magazines, audiovisual materials and other materials accurately
- Assisting in maintaining book stacks, to include shelving, facing, shelf-reading, etc.
- Emptying outdoor book drop
- Performing checking in of library materials
- Providing directional information to patrons
- Retrieving materials on pick list to fill holds at other libraries
Qualifications:
- Must be 16 or older as of 1/1/2026
- Availabletowork the following hours:
- Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Weekends on a rotating basis
- Good organization, communication and people skills
- Punctual and reliable
Physical Demands of the Position:
Employee must be able to:
- Sit, stand, walk, climb, stoop, bend, twist and reach
- Talk and hear; use the telephone
- Have far vision at 20 feet or further; have near vision at 20 inches or less
- Lift and carry at least 50 pounds
- Handle processing, picking up and shelving books
- Push and pull objects weighing 60 to 80 pounds on wheels
If interested, please fill out this application and submit to Diane Basting, Head of Technical Services (dbasting@delafieldlibrary.org) by 5:00 PM on Friday, August 14.