Public Services Assistant, Special Collections, Baker Library, Boston, MA
Posted February 9, 2018
15 hours per week
Available immediately
Salary $15.00/hour
Specific Duties:
Excellent opportunity to assist with and learn more about the daily public services operations and general support of a special collections department. Locates, retrieves and re-shelves collection materials from secure stacks. Processes collection duplication requests. Supports public services team projects. Performs routine clerical duties and other duties as assigned.
May occasionally staff the reading room reference desk for short periods of time. May assist with collection-based
Available immediately, this is a 15 hour per week, year-round position. Hours must be completed between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Preference will be given to undergraduate and graduate students who can work on Mondays and Thursdays.
Requirements:
Basic Requirements:
Library experience and/or customer service experience.
Additional Requirements:
BA/BS. Excellent communication and organizational skills. Strong attention to detail. Ability to multi-task and to complete tasks in a timely manner. Sensitivity to proper care and handling of special collections materials.
Overview:
Baker Library Special Collections collects rare and unique materials that focus on the evolution of business and industry. The collections span eight centuries beginning in the late 1300s to the present day and include corporate archives, manuscripts, account ledgers, rare books, broadsides, photographs, films, electronic records, and company annual reports. The extensive holdings of the Harvard Business School Archives include the records of the School from its founding in 1908 to the present day. These rich and varied collections support research in a remarkably diverse range of fields such as business, economic, social and cultural history as well as the history of science and technology.
Baker Library Special Collections provides access to these materials in the de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room in Baker Library | Bloomberg Center.
Send letter of interest and resume to:
Melissa Murphy
Baker Library Special Collections
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
No phone calls please