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Job ID |
3612 |
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Job Type |
On-Campus SUMMER Jobs |
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Employer |
LITS |
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Date Posted |
Mar 04, 2025 |
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Category |
LITS - SUMMER |
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Job Description |
LITS is seeking qualified undergraduate candidates to work across multiple departments in the library this summer (2025). The purpose of this position is to introduce students to the field of library and information science through hands-on practical training in the libraries. Work will include front-facing, customer service-focused tasks (e.g. checking out books, finding books, answering questions) and back-end technical services (e.g. shelving, labeling, inventory, weeding and shifting the collection). Employees will rotate around departments to learn new skills and work with a range of library staff; everything from a book arriving on campus to shelving the book or checking it out to a patron. Student employees serve as library liaisons and provide direct service and assistance to patrons and staff in a friendly and open manner.
This position will include responsibilities in the following areas of the Library:
Acquisitions: Helps with the various aspects of receiving new materials into the library. Duties include unpacking books; checking in titles; identifying and flagging materials for special processing; organizing and shelving books for cataloging.
Cataloging and mending: Performs cataloging-related duties, including Alma searching, spine label creation and laminating of paperback titles. Beginning book mending with student supervision. Open, label, and shelve periodicals and newspapers in Canaday and create journal displays once or twice a month.
Circulation Desks in Canaday, Carpenter and Collier Libraries: Provides customer service to library patrons and processes circulating materials. Student employees carry out routine procedures including checking in library materials, processing returned items, finding books in the stacks, shelving books, addressing patron questions and concerns both in person and over the phone, and providing support to circulation supervisors as needed.
ILL and EZBorrow: Assist Inter-library loan (ILL) and EZB coordinators with resource sharing related tasks. The two most common are paging books from the stacks and scanning physical materials to be sent as PDFs. Work with the ILL computer systems related to lending materials.
Research and Instructional Services: Helps librarians create book displays, weed books, shelve books and DVDs, assists with outreach and produce promotional materials and social media content, and other duties as assigned by librarian. |
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Job Requirements |
Student employees serve as library liaisons and provide direct service and assistance to patrons and staff in a friendly and open manner. Student employees must have a high level of responsibility, reliability, and a willingness to learn. Every day will be a little different so flexibility and the ability to switch tasks easily are essential.
Student employees must have a high level of responsibility, reliability, and a willingness to learn. Every day will be a little different so flexibility and the ability to switch tasks easily are essential. This is full-time employment (35 hours/week) and is on-site, in-person. We have a team-oriented atmosphere. No experience necessary but must be interested in learning new things. Job training will be provided. Application Deadline April 9, 2025 |
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Available Openings |
2 |
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Hours |
20.0 to 35.0 hours per week |
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Hourly Rate |
$14.00/hour |
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Time Frame |
Summer |
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Contact Name |
Laura Elizabeth Surtees |
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Contact Email |
lsurtees@brynmawr.edu |
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Work Location |
Carpenter Libary |
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Phone |
610-526-7914 |
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Fax |
N/A |
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