Now Hiring: College Assistant, Interlibrary Loan

Interested in working at the GC Library?  We currently have an opening for a College Assistant to work in the Interlibrary Loan department.  We’re a busy and collaborative unit that provides a core service at the Library, facilitating access to a wide variety of materials (physical and digital) for our faculty, staff and students.  College Assistants play an essential role in our daily operations, assisting patrons and processing a high volume of requests every day to support the GC community’s research needs.

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The qualities we look for include dependability, confident computer skills, conscientiousness and attention to detail, problem-solving ability, strong communication skills, customer service orientation, and an ability to work cooperatively in teams.

The work involves a significant amount of packing and unpacking of physical materials, carting books, searching in library catalogs and databases, and learning a variety of software specific to interlibrary loan, library circulation, and shipping.

This is a part-time position, for 20 hours per week.

Resumes, date/time availability, and a statement of interest should be sent to the Interlibrary Loan Supervisor, Silvia Cho, at jcho@gc.cuny.edu.  The listing will remain open until filled.

About the Author

Resource Sharing Librarian, Graduate Center Library.