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Fall Metadata Intern, Born-Digital, Hadley, MA (or remote)

Description: Born-Digital is committed to growing the Islandora and Archipelago communities. We are proud to offer semester-long internships to students in the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Simmons University to help build the next generation’s skills. Our internship projects range from metadata remediation and migration to developing digital repositories. If you are…


Library Technician I (Part-time), Cary Memorial Library, Lexington, MA

Description: Cary Memorial Library has a position available for a part-time Library Technician as part of the Adult Services Department. As one of the busiest libraries in Massachusetts, Cary Memorial Library works hard to be at the forefront of library services. We celebrate the diversity of our community through our programming and our collections. The…


eLibrary Co-Op, Sage Therapeutics, Remote (Closed)

Description: Remote Position:20 hours per week General Scope and SummarySage Therapeutics is searching for a creative and resourceful individual as our eLibrary Co-op. This person will perform a key role in supporting the Digital & Enterprise Capabilities department and will be a critical part of the team’s success. The Co-Op will gain real world experience…


Teen Services Internship, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA

Description: Creation of a robust internship experience for Simmons School of Library and Information Science students. The experience will expose them to numerous facets of the public library but with a specific focus in teen services. The internship program will concurrently work with Simmons in being an internship site therefore offering credit for the participation…


Part-time Library Coverage, Hatfield Public Library, Hatfield, MA

Description: Join the team at our small, friendly library! We’re looking for someone to help cover some Saturdays from 9-1 and Wednesdays from 2-8 with additional weekday subbing hours over the summer. Availability during library hours (Tues/Thurs 10-5, Wed/Fri 2-8, Sat 9-1) a strong plus. Other assets are customer service experience and comfort with computers and technology. The…


Transfer Project Assistant (Less Than Half Time), Access Services / Harvard Library, Cambridge, MA

Description: Reporting to and working under the direction of the Access Services Librarian, this employee will process—physically and in Alma (library database)—sales catalog volumes for off-site storage; pull materials from the shelf, look up and change records, arrange materials into long-term storage boxes, move these into shipping totes/bins; lift and move totes/bins to point of…


[CLOSED]Processing Assistant (part-time), Schlesinger Library (Harvard University), Cambridge, MA

Description: 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, with collections that span civil rights and feminism, health and sexuality, work and family life,…


Public Services Student Assistant, Houghton Library (Harvard University), Cambridge, MA

Description: The Public Services Student Assistant is intended to work over 4 aspects of Public Services at Houghton Library: Welcome Assistant/ Lobby: The Student Assistant greets and orientates researchers, students, faculty, and visitors to Houghton Library and its reading room, exhibition galleries, classrooms, and program spaces during open hours. Reading Room: The Student Assistant discharges…


Public Services Librarian (part-time), Newton Free Library, Newton, MA

Description: The Newton Free Library is the busiest single location library in the state, charting over 1.6 million circulations last year.  According to our door counts nearly 660,000 people visited the library last year for materials borrowing, research assistance, study space, meetings and programs.  Our goal is to provide the best customer experience possible for…


Archivist for Living Composer, Waltham, MA

Description: We are seeking an intern to design and organize a digital & physical archive of four decades’ worth of professional and personal documents, images, audio and video recordings, and artifacts from the career of Tod Machover, composer, inventor, and professor at the M.I.T. Media Laboratory. The project includes establishing a system to organize and…