Manuscript End Processing Assistant, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge MA

Posted May 30, 2014

Job Title:
Manuscript End Processing Assistant at the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.

Job description:
The Schlesinger Library has an immediate opening for an assistant to end process collections processed by the 11 members of the manuscript division. Duties include:
Reboxing collections
Numbering folders and entering those numbers into EAD finding aid
Quality assurance of preservation photocopying
Separating and filing fragile (photocopied) materials, restricted materials, and photographs
Labeling and barcoding boxes
Shelving collections or preparing them for transfer to the Harvard Depository

Between end processing projects, the end processor will create container lists and perform other tasks as they arise.

Requirements:
Completion of introductory archives course
Proven attention to detail
Ability to lift boxes up to 40 pounds on a regular basis
Ability to effectively communicate and work with many members of a large department

Hours:
15 hours a week
Flexible hours, Monday-Friday, between 9am and 5pm
Hours must be completed in 2, 7.5-hour days

Salary: $14.50/hr

About the Schlesinger:
The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, located just outside of Harvard Square, is one of the world’s premier repositories of materials documenting the lives and work of American women. For more information, go to: http://radcliffe.harvard.edu/schlesinger-library.

To apply:
Email resume and cover letter by June 13 to: [email protected]