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Historical Collections Student Assistant

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 509442
Division/Organization: School of Medicine & Public Health
Department: Health Sciences Library
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: Health Sciences Learning Center
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $15.00
Job Categories: Leadership, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Teamwork/Collaboration, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Honoring Context and Culture, Libraries, Archives, and Museums

Department Overview:

 Ebling Library serves the students, staff, faculty, and clinicians from the health sciences community (Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, and related programs, and UW Hospital), as well as the rest of the UW-Madison campus and Wisconsin residents. The Historical Collections at Ebling Library comprise rare books, ephemera, manuscript materials, and artifacts documenting the history of the health sciences from the late fifteenth through the early twentieth century.

Anticipated Start Date:

 09/29/2025

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 Minimum: 10 Maximum: 20

Schedule:

 Monday through Friday between 10am and 4pm; schedule to be determined in conjunction with supervisor.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 $15.00

Number of Positions:

 1-2

Qualifications:

 Required:
-Accepted or current graduate MA student at the UW-Madison iSchool
-Interest in rare book or special collections librarianship

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Required:
-Curiosity and desire to learn
-Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
-Dependability
-Professionalism
-Ability to collaborate with team members
-Ability to follow through when working on independent projects

Preferred:
-Experience working at a library service desk or other customer service experience
-Experience working with rare materials, including books, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera
-Interest in the history of health sciences

Position Summary/Job Duties:

Student Assistant will staff the Historical Reading Room desk, check in patrons wishing to research from historical collections or use the room for studying, enforce Reading Room policies, and answer basic reference questions. Other projects may be assigned based on student interest or staff need.

Physical Demands:

Ability to lift up to 40 pounds and/or push a wheeled cart full of print collections.
Ability to sit for extended periods of time.

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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