Employment Opportunities
Library Assistant
The Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, which administers over $15 million in research grants, offers a number of employment opportunities. We also make every effort to maintain a listing of non-CSDE demography related positions.
Library Assistant – Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
The Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology is seeking to hire an iSchool graduate student as a Librarian Assistant (starting at
$10.50-12.00 per hr) 8-15 hrs/wk, beginning in June 2010. CSDE supports population research and training. The Librarian Assistant serves in the Information Core, which provides information services to affiliated faculty and graduate fellows and maintains the CSDE library with a small collection of demography resource materials and an online catalog. This is a great opportunity to gain experience with information assistance and library management in a friendly, interdisciplinary center on the Quad.
Primary Responsibilities:
- General reference, bibliographic questions, and citation checking;
- Comprehensive literature searching and bibliography creation;
- Locating, retrieving, and delivering library materials;
- Creating customized current awareness services (e.g., TOCs);
- Maintain the CSDE Library holdings by overseeing circulation and catalog;
- Maintaining a list of affiliated faculty recent publications;
- Supporting and contributing to the Information Core services;
- Other duties as assigned.
Other Occasional Duties:
- Submitting select manuscripts written by CSDE faculty and graduate fellows to PubMed Central;
- Individual and occasional small group instruction on information literacy topics;
- Assemble course reserves.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Experience and/or training in information sciences or related area;
- Ability to work with patrons in a professional and courteous demeanor;
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications;
- Familiarity with researching in library catalogs, bibliographic databases, and the Internet;
- Ability to work without direct supervision.
Desirable Additional Qualification
- Familiarity with, or ability to learn EndNote;
- Web publishing experience.
Educational Benefits:
- Develop skills in teamwork, communication, and working with a variety of clients;
- Hands-on experience for the MLIS student in library work and information services.
To Apply:
Please send a cover letter and resume to David Hyllegard, CSDE Information Core director via email.
Open until filled