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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…


[CLOSED]Archives Summer Intern, Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, MA

Description: The Noble and Greenough School Archives aims to document the evolution of the school from 1866 to present; to support the teaching, research and public service objectives of the school; and to identify, collect, preserve and make available the collection to the extended Nobles community. The Archives currently holds records, photographs and artifacts from…


Bilingual Adult Services Librarian, Community Libraries of Providence (Mount Pleasant Library), Providence, RI

Description: Salary:  $22.30 per hour Hours:  Full-time, 37.50 hours per week w/Benefits Posted:  May 23, 2022 Deadline:   Applications accepted until the position is filled. This position is funded and made possible by The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Duties: Responsible for programs and services geared to the adult users of the Mount Pleasant Library, focusing on Spanish-speakers, including reference and…


Digital Projects Intern, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA

Description: The New England Historic Genealogical Society seeks a Digital Projects Intern to support the ongoing digitization of rare genealogies and local history resources held by NEHGS, with the ultimate goal of making the books available online through the library’s CONTENTdm repository. Under the supervision of the Digital Archivist, the Digital Projects Intern will have the…


Project Archivist, The Algebra Project Inc, Cambridge, MA

Description: The Algebra Project (AP) is a mathematics literacy effort established in the 1980s by the late civil rights activist and math educator Bob Moses designed to help the most vulnerable students acquire the mathematical knowledge and practices necessary to: (a) graduate high school on time in four years, (b) succeed in college and career,…


Reading Room Student Assistants (part-time), Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, MA

Description: Hours: 14 hours/week with weekly schedule to be determined. The Library is open Monday through Friday, 9 to 5; Saturdays (9 to 5) to return in the near future. Schedules will include Saturdays, once hours are expanded. Eligibility: This is a pre-professional position open to currently enrolled Simmons GLIS students. Library: The Schlesinger Library…