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Cataloging Student Assistant

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 504478
Division/Organization: General Library
Department: Memorial Facility
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $16.00
Job Categories: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Teamwork/Collaboration, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Libraries, Archives, and Museums

 

Department Overview:

 Cataloging Department

Anticipated Start Date:

 May 1st, 2026

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

 No remote work.  

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 10 to 15 hours a week

Schedule:

 Between the hours of 8:30am-5pm Monday-Friday

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 $16 hourly

Number of Positions:

 1

Qualifications:

  Must be enrolled as an undergraduate student.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively
  • Willingness to ask clarifying questions

Position Summary/Job Duties:

Memorial Library is hiring two cataloging student assistants with an expected spring start date and must be available to work this summer. This position will assist with physical books in the Marking room, cataloging dissertations, and gift book projects. Candidates will need to follow detailed instructions and cataloging policies and work independently and collaboratively with the department. No previous experience with cataloging, Alma, or OCLC required.

Physical Demands:

Lifting up to 30 pounds, bending, standing, pushing heavy carts.

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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