Levels for Student Assistant Positions

N.B. These duties are meant to be representative and not all inclusive

Student Assistant I

Photocopying
Folder and box labeling
Labeling and plating books
Shelving
Shelfreading
Filing
Light typing/word processing, data entry, typing/receiving e-mail messages
Answering telephones
Sorting/distributing mail
Making deliveries
Circulation desk duties to include:

checking out/recalling/discharging library materials

answering routine questions according to established guidelines

relocating missing books

paging books

making appropriate referrals

Scanning images/texts (i.e., scanning photographs and NOT putting them on the WEB or manipulating them in other software)
Pulling catalog cards from library catalogs
Filing catalog cards

Student Assistant II

Bibliographic searching in library databases with complete, supplied source information
Catalog Record Maintenance which includes correcting on-line holdings/bibliographic information, adding copies/volumes to on-line records and re-linking holdings
Circulation desk duties to include the duties outlined above as well as:

creating provisional circulation records

answering less routine questions with established guidelines

Entering information and maintaining WEB pages using an editor (requires using FTP and Telnet)
Drafting routine responses to patron inquiries for curators/librarians
Conserving materials using specific conservation techniques
Creating pay statements in Orbis (i.e., searching for the OPR, creating records, etc.)

Student Assistant III

Bibliographic searching/verifying in the library databases with incomplete information or source material
Assisting with WEB page development using HTML or other encoding skills
Maintaining WEB pages using HTML or other encoding skills

Student Assistant IV

Responsible for the library during evening/weekend hours; provides work direction to other students and handles emergencies; opens and/or closes library
Assisting with the installation of microcomputer hardware/software
Troubleshooting and solving computer problems for users
Subject/research/editorial/etc. expertise to:

providing information services (not reference service)

creating user education materials

compiling bibliographies

preparing exhibition catalogs or other publications

Student Assistant Premium Positions ($10/hour)

Creating/Designing WEB pages using HTML or other encoding skills
Computer Programming