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Position available: Part time Library Assistant at the Carolina Population Center

The Carolina Population Center (CPC) at UNC-Chapel Hill has a job opportunity for a part-time Library Assistant. Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the candidate is selected.                          

CPC is a community of UNC faculty, postdoctoral scholars and predoctoral students who collaborate on interdisciplinary population research. CPC’s Library & Research Translation Services unit supports the research and communications efforts of the center. The library collection of population-related materials is available to UNC faculty, students and staff members. To learn more, visit CPC’s website at https://www.cpc.unc.edu.

Responsibilities:

  • Process courier requests by searching the UNC library catalog and literature databases.
  • Photocopy, scan or check out materials from UNC campus libraries. Deliver materials to CPC researchers and return materials to campus libraries.
  • When materials aren’t available at UNC, submit interlibrary borrowing requests.
  • Manage an EndNote library of borrowed items.
  • Verify citations and publications written by CPC researchers by utilizing UNC databases.
  • Contribute to library operations by staffing reference desk occasionally, responding to questions from patrons, processing new acquisitions, and posting news and announcements to CPC’s website.
  • Contribute to special projects as time permits.

Qualifications:

  • Ability to carry (occasionally heavy batches of) books to and from campus libraries.
  • Penchant for accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Commitment to user-centered service delivery.
  • Experience with searching UNC library catalog and literature databases preferred, but will train.
  • Knowledge of EndNote preferred, but will train.

Additional details:

  • Position requires 15-20 hours per week and continues through the summer. Hours worked must fall within the library's hours of 8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday (closed Saturdays and Sundays).
  • Position pays $11.00/hour.
  • Preferred: ability to work at least 4 weekdays per week and willing to work through the Fall semester of 2012.

    To apply, send a resume or a link to your website or LinkedIn profile to cpclib@unc.edu
    Lori Delaney, Library & Research Translation Services
    Carolina Population Center
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill