Student Job Descriptions

Below is a listing of the variety of jobs students do at the Ebling Library.
If you fill out an online application you will be considered for any openings that occur.

Student Job Application

HISTORICAL SERVICES & RESOURCES

Works with the historical collection, including pre-1913 materials. Some activities include item retrieval and shelving, preservation activities, answering directional questions and clerical work such as simple computer tasks.

DOCUMENT DELIVERY

INTERLIBRARY LOAN
Provides off-campus articles and loans for faculty, staff and students of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Duties include processing incoming documents, sending email notifications, and contacting lenders regarding incorrect or incomplete documents.

LIBRARY EXPRESS
Provides scanned articles to patrons who request articles via an online web-form. Duties include searching online catalogs, pulling volumes from the library stacks, scanning articles with Adobe Acrobat, updating online records and filing. In addition, students will be required to do some shelf-reading and stack maintenance.

DOCUMENT DELIVERY FOR NON-AFFILIATES
Retrieves health-related materials from the Library's collections to send to various individuals, hospitals, clinics, and libraries throughout Wisconsin and the rest of the world. Uses computers to maintain records and billing system. Does scanning, filing, faxing and prepares outgoing mail.

USER SERVICES ASSISTANT

CIRCULATION
Assists the public in locating and checking out Library materials. Staffs the circulation desk. Checks in, sorts and shelves publications. Answers questions and handles phone calls.

INFORMATION RESOURCES

Student employee duties include data entry of new serials, physical processing of new materials, typing call numbers, repairing damaged materials, processing serials for bindery, packing and unpacking bindery shipments, searching computer database for library materials, etc. May include some heavy lifting (30lbs). You MUST be able to type accurately and understand/follow difficult instructions.

Page last updated: August 27, 2007 Questions or suggestions? Contact Marie Koch