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SalaryPriority will be issued to candidates who are also willing to continue working in the Conservatory Library Circulation or Stacks Team during the fall and spring semesters.
Student will work between the hours of Monday through Friday, 9am-12pm, and 1pm-4:30pm in June, and the same hours from Monday through Thursday in July, at the Conservatory Library for a maximum total of 32.5 hours/week. This arrangement may vary depending on the number of hired applicants, more information will be shared during the interview for this position. In July, the libraries may close on Fridays, to be confirmed before the summer break begins.
Applicants MUST be a currently enrolled Oberlin College or Conservatory student to qualify for summer work. S2024 Graduating seniors may be considered for this position.
As a Conservatory LibraryCirculation/Stacks Assistant, you ensure that the Conservatory Library remains serviced, accessible and organized. On the Circulation side, you will be one of our direct-service folks, welcoming visitors and borrowers to the library, directing them throughout our space, answering questions, and processing loans at our library terminals. With a keen and unerring eye for detail, on the Stacks side, you will reshelve returned materials, find and report on inaccuracies in the Conservatory Library collection, and engage in long-term projects that enhance the beauty and functionality of the Library’s holdings. You may also be tasked with pulling and processing materials to be lent to our institutional partners across the globe.
Over the course of training with library staff, you will become fluent in using both Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal classification systems, and learn the fine points of physically navigating the collection. You will use this knowledge to assist visitors and borrowers, primarily; and to return, reshelve, locate, re-order, search for, and retrieve materials as needed, secondly.
Training may be available upon hiring during the Spring 2024 semester, but can also be postponed until the beginning of the Summer Break.
Special Summer Projects/Responsibilities:
Student will work between the hours of Monday through Friday, 9am-12pm, and 1pm-4:30pm in June, and the same hours from Monday through Thursday in July, at the Conservatory Library for a maximum total of 32.5 hours/week. This arrangement may vary depending on the number of hired applicants, more information will be shared during the interview for this position. In July, the libraries may close on Fridays, to be confirmed before the summer break begins.
Applicants MUST be a currently enrolled Oberlin College or Conservatory student to qualify for summer work. S2024 Graduating seniors may be considered for this position.
As a Conservatory LibraryCirculation/Stacks Assistant, you ensure that the Conservatory Library remains serviced, accessible and organized. On the Circulation side, you will be one of our direct-service folks, welcoming visitors and borrowers to the library, directing them throughout our space, answering questions, and processing loans at our library terminals. With a keen and unerring eye for detail, on the Stacks side, you will reshelve returned materials, find and report on inaccuracies in the Conservatory Library collection, and engage in long-term projects that enhance the beauty and functionality of the Library’s holdings. You may also be tasked with pulling and processing materials to be lent to our institutional partners across the globe.
Over the course of training with library staff, you will become fluent in using both Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal classification systems, and learn the fine points of physically navigating the collection. You will use this knowledge to assist visitors and borrowers, primarily; and to return, reshelve, locate, re-order, search for, and retrieve materials as needed, secondly.
Training may be available upon hiring during the Spring 2024 semester, but can also be postponed until the beginning of the Summer Break.
Special Summer Projects/Responsibilities:
- Cover the desk, be cool, represent the Conservatory Library!
- Summer Institutes support – The Con Library is a big partner to the summer institutes hosted by the Conservatory, we offer direct service to any participants of the program, many who are not usual members of our community and require more attention.
- Course Reserves remediation – Taking off course reserves to prepare for the next semester.
- Rebarcoding Project – removing or correcting old barcodes in the system, and covering up old barcodes on the physical items that require it.
- Shifting LC Score collection – moving the collection to allow more space per shelf throughout the library.
- Continue Dewey/LC Score inventory – using the CChan inventory program, track/document the existence of each item on the shelf to keep our database as accurate as possible.
- INN-Reach responsibilities – paging for OhioLINK, ILL and local holds requests.
No prior work experience required. Students with work study awards, from both the College and the Conservatory, are encouraged to apply!
Do you have further questions about this position? Feel free to reach out to the Collection Manager, Natalie Gutierrez-Negron (ngutierr@oberlin.edu). We’d be happy to answer them.
Interviews will be conducted remotely or onsite as available and convenient over the month of April 2024. Decisions will be made by May 1st, 2024.
NOTE: Stacks work is physical work.
Please read the Qualifications information in its entirety for more information.
Oberlin College Library actively seeks a diverse student staff.
Oberlin College is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer.
Responsibilities
- Maintain an excellent customer-service attitude in dealing with patrons;
- Process all Conservatory Library loans for borrowers and visitors
- Assist patrons with library equipment
- Enforce library policies and procedures
- Maintain the good working order of the Conservatory Library collection by accurately reshelving returned materials and engaging in stacks-related projects.
- Page and process offsite requests for Conservatory Library materials through OhioLINK and InterLibrary Loan services
- Other duties as assigned (collection inventory, collection shifting, rebarcoding, etc.)
Qualifications
- Must be a current Oberlin College or Conservatory student.
- Must be extremely attentive to detail, receptive to library communications, and able to work independently with limited direct oversight.
- (desirable but not required) Work Study award.
Physical Requirements:
Work performed is physical in nature and requires sufficient strength, mobility and stamina to:
- constantly stand, sit, and walk throughout a multi-level library facility;
- frequently crouch, squat, bend, and twist to shelve books from floor level to above head;
- frequently climb and balance on step-stools or ladders
- acuity to read computer screens, and book and shelving labels;
- lift of up to forty (40) pounds from ground to waist; or to lift up to twenty (20) pounds from ground to overhead to return books to stacks and stock supplies and materials; occasional carrying of up to forty (40) pounds 200 feet to move books and material; occasional pushing and/or pulling of up to 150 pounds up to 200 feet with book-truck throughout multi-level public use library.
- Stacks Work in the Conservatory Library also requires the courage to use an elevator, and the ability to stand in a relatively confined walkway, between shelves, of approximately thirty-two (32) inches on our narrowest sections. Newer sections allow for more space, but old sections have been grandfathered in and will likely (and unfortunately) not be updated for accessibility any time soon.
WORKINGCONDITIONS
Work is constantly performed indoors in an air-conditioned and heated academic library setting. This position involves high public contact and mobility through a multi-level use facility.
Required Materials and Equipment (Provided)
Telephone, computer terminals, library software, inventory software, barcode readers, photocopier, book security system equipment, book trucks, and step-stools.
Compensation
$12/hour
Special Instructions to Applicants
Documents Needed to Apply
Required DocumentsOptional Documents
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- List of References
