Student Assistant

• Primarily works at Smathers Library, but may on occasion travel to off-site storage warehouse
• Fill out print gift inventories using Microsoft Excel
• Work with unique and invaluable print materials by sorting, inventorying, and reboxing items
• Verify print materials by reviewing documents, books, and websites to ensure that key bibliographic information—such as title, year, ISBN, OCLC number, edition, and other relevant details—accurately match
• Check book gifts against library catalog holdings and WorldCat
• Shelve, retrieve, and organize materials in library storage areas
• Use language translating software when needed

$13.25/hour

This position is open to all students who are eligible to work on campus and will be employed through student Other Personnel Services (OPS) and must maintain a minimum 2.0 grade point average. Registered students are employed on a part-time basis, up to 20 hours per week.

• Ability to lift 40 pound boxes and stand on stools and high ladders
• Ability to work courteously and effectively with others
• Ability to work with attention to detail
• Ability to follow both written and spoken instructions and procedures
• Ability to manage time and commitments including scheduled work hours
• Ability to work independently once trained
• Ability to use Excel
• Ability to use language translating software

• Previous experience in any library setting
• Good database and web searching skills
• Proficiency in Hebrew and Yiddish

UF HR application must be submitted online.

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.