Student - Doris Z. Stone Latin American Library (at HTML)

Tulane University; New Orleans (LA); Sur place; USD 17 000 - 19 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Tulane University’s Doris Z. Stone Latin American Library and Research Center seeks student employees to assist during peak periods and with archival processing. The role begins this semester and ends on a determined basis, with a maximum of 20 hours per week across student positions.

Pay rate is $12–$14 per hour. Duties include shelving, catalog checks, packet preparation for DSLAL events, answering phones, and basic computer data entry.

Qualifications

• Active enrollment as a Tulane University student
• Preferred: Spanish language skills

Responsabilités

• Reshelving and preparing book trucks for reshelving
• Shifting to accommodate new books on overloaded shelves
• Help check book vendor catalogs
• Prepare informational packets for DSLAL events
• Review and check newly cataloged books/newspapers for processing errors
• Assist with DSLAL events
• Answer phones and provide general clerical assistance
• Basic to moderate computer skills for word processing and data input

Connaissances

Spanish language skills

Description du poste

Job Description

Student employees supplement the activities of the full-time staff at the Doris Z. Stone Latin American Library and Research Center (DSLAL) by providing assistance during peak work periods and/or assisting the Curator of Special Collections with archival processing for the semester. This position is to begin as soon as agreed upon for the semester and end on a determined basis. No more than 20 hours per week is allowed for all combined student positions. Please keep this in mind when applying for this position.

Job Description

Student employees supplement the activities of the full-time staff at the Doris Z. Stone Latin American Library and Research Center (DSLAL) by providing assistance during peak work periods and/or assisting the Curator of Special Collections with archival processing for the semester. This position is to begin as soon as agreed upon for the semester and end on a determined basis. No more than 20 hours per week is allowed for all combined student positions. Please keep this in mind when applying for this position.

Pay Rate: $12-14.00/hour

Hours of Operation: 8:00 – 4:00 pm, Mondays to Fridays

Location: Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, 4 th Floor

Training will be provided for all tasks.

Responsibilities

Job duties may include the following:

• Reshelving, also sort and prepare book trucks to be reshelved.
• Shifting, as needed, in order to accommodate new books on overloaded shelves.
• Help to check book vendor catalogs.
• Prepare informational packets for DSLAL events.
• Review/check newly cataloged books and newspapers for processing/labeling errors
• Assistance with DSLAL events.
• Answer phones and general clerical assistance as needed.
• Basic to moderate computer skills for word processing and data input.

Qualifications

• Active enrollment as a student at Tulane University
• PREFERRED: Spanish language skills

Required With Application

Please submit a cover letter with information about work-study funding for the upcoming and/or current year and about your experience with any of the job duties listed. Also please submit a screenshot of your class schedule from classschedule.tulane.edu and a screenshot of your work-study acceptance and amount from Gibson if applicable.

About Us

Everyone here at the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library strives to make this a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space. We’re looking for students who are outgoing, thrive on public interactions, and enjoy showing off the library’s resources.

About Us

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