FWS Position - Special Collections Library Stacks/Public Services Assistant (Student Wage)

Main duties: 

• Retrieving books, manuscripts, archives and other materials from closed stacks for researchers in the reading room or for class use. 
• Creating a home for and shelving new books. 
• Working with serials. 
• Re-shelving books, manuscripts, and archives and other library materials according to Special Collections stacks manager's protocols to maintain high accuracy. 
• Scanning rare books, primary source documents and other collection material to fulfill researcher needs. 
• Assisting with interlibrary Loan requests.
• Conducting basic research tasks using the library catalog (Virgo), Workflows (back end of Virgo), ArchiveSpace and various types of finding aids. ​

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​REQUIRED: 

• Must be able to handle carefully and with respect, a wide variety of unique, historical and fragile books and manuscripts. ​
• Must be able to work in a restrictive, high-security environment, be very responsible and adhere to all required procedures.
• Must be respectful of the collection and possess a high level of independence and analytical skills to complete many assigned tasks.
• Must have a sharp focus and keen attention to detail.
• Current UVA student.  

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Other library projects as needed and as student interest dictates. 

Work is a total of 10 hours a week, including rotating Saturday shifts from noon until 4 p.m. and some evening hours 5-7 on Wednesdays and Thursdays. 

Federal Work-Study students are preferred.

Compensation: $16.71/hr.

Please submit your resume and cover letter to apply. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Resume and basic one page cover letter.

• Availability for rotating Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. 

• Criminal background check is  (SPAKA).

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PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Ability to lift 40 pounds. Movement between floors of the library to retrieve materials can be physically demanding at times. Must be able to tolerate the building temperature which is kept in the mid-60. 

Experience: None 

PREFERRED: 

Library experience or interest in library and archival work.