POOL: Public Services Student Assistant - Spencer Research Library

This position is in the Spencer Research Library, which houses rare books and manuscripts. The building is located behind Strong Hall.

Responsibilities

• Stacks Maintenance & Collection Care (50%)
  • Paging, shelving, and carefully maintaining archival material, rare books, and manuscripts
  • Cleaning and maintaining stacks and public areas
  • Shifting books and some heavy lifting (up to 40 lbs)
• Public Service & Patron Assistance (40%)
  • Covering reception desk: answering the telephone, registering and interacting with patrons
  • Assisting Reference Librarians in Reading Room as security backup and helping patrons with handling materials, microfilm, and Bookeye machines
  • Assisting in set up and tear down of special events held at Spencer Research Library
• Library Research Support (10%, as assigned)
  • Assisting Spencer Staff in special projects by collecting and transcribing data
  • Writing blog posts and developing small displays related to collection materials

Requirements

• Availability to work at least 2 hours at a time
• During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must:
  • Have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester, or
  • Be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours, or
  • Be enrolled in summer session, or
  • Be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester
• Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students
• Work hours are between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday
• Must be available to work Saturdays (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM) on a rotating schedule during the fall and spring semesters (approximately 3-4 Saturdays per semester)
• The library is open during university breaks
• This position requires moving books and some heavy lifting (up to 40 lbs)

Qualifications

Required:

• Availability to work at least 2 hours at a time, as evidenced by application materials

Preferred:

• Previous library experience, as evidenced by application materials
• Experience working with rare books, manuscripts, and/or archival material, as evidenced by application materials
• Experience working in customer service, as evidenced by application materials
• Experience requiring being reliable and maintaining a weekly schedule, as evidenced by application materials
• Experience requiring great attention to detail, as evidenced by application materials
• Knowledge of KU libraries and of microfilm and reproduction equipment

Benefits

• Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR
• This is an hourly/non-exempt position
• A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently

Pay

$11.00 per hour