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Posted December 9, 2024
Job Description: The Library Clerk is a part-time, pre-professional position of 10-19 hours per week that provides assistance in multiple areas of the Library including circulation, reference, acquisitions, book processing, and shelving. The Library Clerk reports to the Associate Library Director. Hourly rate: $20 per hour Primary Essential Functions: Qualifications: This position will work one 5-hour weekday shift during the evening…
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Posted December 9, 2024
International Security is a quarterly journal of international affairs that was founded in 1976. Edited at the Harvard Kennedy School and published by MIT Press, the journal is the leading publication of its kind and has published many prominent scholarly articles on the causes of war and peace, theories of international relations, and U.S. foreign…
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Posted December 4, 2024
Mission & VisionFounded in 1989, the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail celebrates the past accomplishments of remarkable women in Boston, claiming their rightful place in our City’s history. Through education, reflection, and an interactive city-wide monument, we activate the powerful female side of Boston’s history. The Boston Women’s Heritage Trail (BWHT) was created by a group…
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Posted December 4, 2024
Job Description: Purpose: The Library Assistant I – Circulation (LAI-C) provides direct service to researchers seeking access to MHS collections ensuring both access to and the security of the library’s holdings, primarily through staffing the Society’s circulation desk and paging materials from the closed stacks. The position is essential in promoting the Society’s public image…
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Posted November 25, 2024
The Curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts is responsible for stewarding, developing, and promoting the use of collections in the Boston Public Library’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Department that date from approximately 1800 through the present day. Typical duties include researching and interpreting existing collections; working with colleagues to facilitate processing, description, and preservation of…
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Posted November 25, 2024
Under the general direction of the Collection Development Manager, coordinates system-wide collections projects and collections work related to branch renovations, ensuring projects are aligned with the vision and strategic plans of the Boston Public Library. Incorporates current best practices in the field of collection development with a particular focus on data analytics. Day to day…
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Posted November 25, 2024
Under the direction of the President’s Office and in coordination primarily with the Director of Library Services or designee and the Chief Technology Officer, advises and assists in the development and analysis of performance metrics for programs, services, collections, projects, and initiatives of the Boston Public Library, including the Library for the Commonwealth and Metro-Boston…
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Posted November 25, 2024
Responsible for performing entry-level phases of descriptive and subject cataloging for review, including basic original cataloging and classification, which may require special language and/or subject knowledge. Responsibilities: Typical Duties and Responsibilities Minimum Entrance Qualifications: BOSTON RESIDENCY REQUIRED Hours per week: 35
Posted November 25, 2024
Class Specifications: Includes library assistants working in the branch libraries whose duties involve the following: greeting and directing patrons, registration of borrowers, charging and discharging of books and other materials, maintaining the book and other materials collections, maintaining/troubleshooting equipment, typing/word processing and filing. Responsibilities: Typical Duties: Under the direction of the Branch Librarian or ranking staff…
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Posted November 25, 2024
Assists in the treatment and care or rare and unique library materials; follows the AIC Code of Ethics and uses standard techniques and materials to construct enclosures, supports, and mounts for special collections; and performs basic to moderate stabilization treatments for single items and/or batched projects. Responsibilities: SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY: Minimum Entrance Qualifications: COMPETENCIES: QUALIFICATIONS: REQUIREMENTS: BOSTON…
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