POOL - Student Hourly - Resource Sharing - Watson Library
Job Description
Duties include one or more of the following:
These duties require a high level of accuracy and speed, as well as the ability to quickly learn and retain very detailed, time-sensitive, and complex procedures. The work performed must meet established quality and turnaround time standards.
- Opening incoming mail (ie books, media items, journal issues, etc).
- Checking-in library materials in various systems (ILLiad, Voyager)
- Processing library materials (including placing holds, checking out, labeling, & routing)
- Preparing borrowed material to be mailed back to lending libraries.
- Sorting and shelving journals in Watson periodicals location.
- Creating, editing and maintaining library records
- Retrieving print books and journals from KU’s collection
- Scanning items for electronic delivery
- Searching KU’s electronic journal subscriptions for requested materials to provide to requester.
- Statistical projects & running/verifying usage report
- Other duties as assigned.
These duties require a high level of accuracy and speed, as well as the ability to quickly learn and retain very detailed, time-sensitive, and complex procedures. The work performed must meet established quality and turnaround time standards.
Required Qualifications
- Current KU student enrolled in 6 or more credit hours.
- Willingness to maintain assigned work schedule.
- Availability to work a regular schedule of at least 10 hours a week between 8 AM - 4 PM Monday-Friday, and to work in blocks of at least 1 - 2 hours.
Preferred Qualifications
- Library work experience.
- Demonstrated commitment to public service.
- Experience with computers, library online catalog, scanners and software applications, e.g. word processing, adobe acrobat, databases.
- Knowledge of one or more Western European languages.
- Ability to work independently on complex tasks with little direct supervision.
- Ability to accurately perform extremely detailed work.
- Problem solving skills.
Additional Candidate Instructions
Applicant Requirements:
** Due to our department’s need for very specific hours, we have a separate (more specific) availability sheet we'd like you to fill out, instead of the system's pre-generated one. Please complete the following steps to ensure you fill this out correctly and accurately:
- Applicants are required to attach either a cover letter or resume to your application.
- Applicant must include hours you are available to work.
- **Applicant must follow below directions on submitting available work times.
** Due to our department’s need for very specific hours, we have a separate (more specific) availability sheet we'd like you to fill out, instead of the system's pre-generated one. Please complete the following steps to ensure you fill this out correctly and accurately:
- Click and download the document from the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ge_QrxNgS52X2nB9FEgfAxvefhrVo92U0DzR8qLRevU/edit?usp=sharing
- Download (Go to ‘File’, then ‘Download as’) a copy of this document (title it LASTNAME_Availability) and fill it in as instructed on the sheet, for your Summer & Fall semester availability.
- ***Upload your availability document to the *Other Documents* section on the application form, for us to view.
- Please email Nishon Hawkins at njhawkin@ku.edu if you have any questions over how to do this!
Contact Information to Applicants
Advertised Salary Range
11.00
Work Schedule
10-20 hours per week between 8 AM - 4 PM Monday-Friday. Based around class schedule.
Anticipated Start Date
Monday May 22, 2023