Manuscript End Processing Assistant, Schlesinger Library, Harvard Radcliffe Institute, (Cambridge, MA)

Posted July 18, 2024

Job description:
The Schlesinger Library has an immediate opening for an assistant to end process
collections processed by the 7 members of the manuscript department. 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
• Label, rehouse and shelve audiovisual materials from archival collections
• May include creating inventories for audiovisual collections

Requirements:

• Completion of graduate-level introductory archives course (Simmons LIS 438 or
  equivalent)
• 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:

• 14 hours a week
• Hours must be completed in two 7-hour days, Monday-Friday, between 9am and
  5pm

Salary: $20.00/hour
Start date: September 2024
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:

Please submit resume, cover letter, and 3 references to Paula Aloisio at [email protected] by August 9, 2024