Following are examples of the type of work performed by student assistants at the University of Delaware Library. Most student assistants work 5 to 15 hours per week. For a listing of current vacancies see http://www2.lib.udel.edu/personnel/employment/
Acquisitions Government Documents Unit - Process new books and other materials for the shelf ready by applying stamps and labels. Use DELCAT, the online Library catalog, to search, enter, proofread, and edit information. Perform other work including retrieving and reshelving materials; assisting with unpacking library materials; shifting and straightening library materials; shelf-reading to maintain call number order.
Acquisitions Monographs Unit - Process new books and other materials to make them shelf ready by applying stamps, labels and barcodes. Use DELCAT, the online Library catalog, to search, enter, proofread, edit, and print information. Perform other work involved in caring for the Library's collections. Assist with packing and unpacking library materials.
Acquisitions Serials Unit - Use DELCAT, the online Library catalog, and related software, to enter, update and verify catalog information for journals and newspapers. Sort and shelve material in the Current Periodicals Room. Retrieve material from the general Library collection as needed. Assist with packing Library materials.
Administration Office - Prepare mailings, create documents, answer telephones and maintain files. Previous office and/or customer service experience preferred.
Agriculture Library - Assist users at service desk with circulation, reserve, interlibrary loan and other requests for library materials. Assist users with computers, photocopiers and other equipment. Reshelve, scan, check-in journals and perform other clerical tasks as needed.
Chemistry Library - Assist users at service desk with circulation, reserve, interlibrary loan and other requests for library materials. Assist users with computers, photocopiers and other equipment. Reshelve, scan, check-in journals and perform other clerical tasks as needed.
Center for Digital Collections - Scan library materials. Perform quality control procedures.
Circulation Unit - Work Circulation Desk and monitor exit gate. Duties include: checking out and checking in library material; answering user inquiries; inspecting possessions of all users as they exit the Library; delivering loaded book carts to designated areas; locating items in stacks; assisting with building evacuation in the event of alarm and assisting with resetting security alarms after re-entry. Previous customer service experience is preferred.
Circulation Unit / Library Account Services - Work in the Library Account Services Office. Duties include: searching the Library stacks for lost items based on user inquiries and non-returned billing reports; preparing the printed overdue notices and bills for mailing ; searching DELCAT to check the status of lost items; filing billing documentation; and typing labels for file folders.
Conservation Unit - Assist in the repair of books including repairing damaged pages, making protective boxes and resewing books.
Film and Video Collection - Assist users at service desk with circulation and viewing of film and video materials. Assist users with viewing equipment. Reshelve materials and perform other clerical tasks as needed.
Interlibrary Loan Unit - Search for and retrieve books and journals from the Library stacks. Scan articles out of bound journals and retrieve electronic articles using the Library Electronic Journal webpage and DELCAT, the online Library catalog. Prepare and pack books for shipment and unpack incoming items. Deliver book carts to the Library mail room and the ILL Office.
Physics Library - Assist users at service desk with circulation, reserve, interlibrary loan and other requests for library materials. Assist users with computers, photocopiers, and other equipment. Reshelve, scan, check-in journals and perform other clerical tasks as needed.
Reference Office - Provide office support such as filing, shredding, answering phones and maintaining inventory of supplies. Assist reference / instruction librarians with room set-up and break-down, data entry, scanning and copying. Reshelve materials in Reference Room and assist with special projects.
Reserve Room - Work Reserve Room Desk. Duties include: retrieving reserve material upon demand from closed stacks and file cabinets; checking out and checking in library materials; answering user inquiries; assisting users in locating call numbers for reserve items; troubleshooting and basic maintenance of public scanner/copy machines and public network printer in the Reserve Room.Special Collections - Retrieve rare book and manuscript collections for library users. Monitor environmental conditions. Assist with stack maintenance and processing of books and manuscript collections. Prepare labels for exhibitions. Assist with preservation functions and special projects.
Stacking Unit - Sort and arrange materials to be shelved. Assist in the maintenance of the library collection by shelving, shifting, and straightening library materials. Read the library shelves to maintain correct call number order.
Student Multimedia Design Center - Assist library users at the Student Multimedia Design Center service desk with computer hardware and software applications, most multimedia-related. Assist users with equipment for loan, including video cameras, microphones and hard drives. Provide support for microform, CD-ROM, and map collections and equipment, as well as self-service photocopiers and scanner/copiers. Create content related to the resources in the Student Multimedia Design Center to display in the site.
August 2011
