The Fellow Librarian's job

1. Chairs library committee meetings (3 per year). Ensures committee is well-populated, recruiting students or fellows as appropriate. Either persuades a committee member to act as secretary (jobs: circulate agenda, ensure room booking and refreshments in place, take the minutes, circulate minutes) or does these tasks him/herself.
2. Interacts with the student librarians. Participates in book-buying expeditions. Ensures a smooth succession when student librarians change.
3. Deals with occasional offers of donations or requests for help, for example requests for tours of the study centre.
4. Liases with College staff (especially the Bursar, Computer Officer, and Clerk of Works) regarding study centre upkeep and other library matters.
5. Ensures regular stock-checks take place.
6. Receives enormous amounts of publishers' mail and passes it all on to the student librarians.
7. Writes an annual report for the Governing body (November).