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Student Assistant Application

 

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Last Name First Name
Campus Phone Cell or Home Phone
E-mail Student Mail Box #
Year
 

Have you been employed on campus before?

If yes, in what dept.?
Why did you leave?
Are you in the federal work-study program?
If yes, your allotment (per year) is:
Are you willing to work evenings and weekends?
Computer experience (please list):
Any Library experience?
If yes, please explain:
Major:

List previous job experiences or activities beginning with the most recent (Please include Employer/Phone #, Dates employed and Duties):

References: List two people able to comment upon your responsibility in work, school or volunteer environments (Names, phone# and relationship to you).

Please list any skills or experiences you have had that you think would make you a good candidate for a library position.
Job Descriptions: Please check mark the department you mostly like to work for. 
Cataloging: Computer copy cataloging, processing of new books and media materials, miscellaneous cataloging duties.  Must have good computer skills and be very detail oriented and accurate. No evening or weekend hours are required.

 

Circulation Resource Sharing Assistant: Pulling and preparing and packing materials to be sent to other libraries.  Attention to detail and punctuality required.

 

Digital Commons: performs routine duties assisting with locating, digitizing, processing and uploading of scholarly digital collections for public use. A high level of attention to detail is required. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; dependability; willingness to learn; willingness to use new technologies; experience with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat Pro, and computer programming preferred.  Computer science majors preferred.

 

Government Publications: Assist with Federal Depository shipments.  Check-in, processing and shelving.  Must be detail oriented with legible writing.

 

Periodicals: Checking-in and processing daily magazines and newspapers. Shelving bound and loose periodicals. Organizes shelves. Assist patrons with collection and equipment and other miscellaneous assignments.

 

Reference: Assist students with basic research; shelve reference books; enter statistics into Excel; assist with library displays. Understanding of online library resources is important—additional training will be provided. Basic typing/keyboard skills are useful as well as ability to work with Library of Congress call numbers. 

 
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