Senior Library Assistant
£26942-£30805
University of Cambridge, Newtown, Cambridge
- Part time
- Permanent
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Posted 1 week ago, 16 Apr
Assistant Librarian - Pla...
£35116
University of Cambridge, Newtown, Cambridge
- Part time
- Temporary
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Posted 1 week ago, 14 Apr
£26942-£30805
University of Cambridge, Newtown, Cambridge
- Onsite working
- Part time
- Permanent
Posted 1 week ago, 16 Apr
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Full Job Description
The Whipple Library is looking for an enthusiastic, customer oriented, and well organised Senior Library Assistant to join our small team.
The Whipple Library is embedded in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and, along with the Whipple Museum, really is the laboratory of the Department. Our collections are broad, include material on a range of interdisciplinary topics, and span the history of Western printed texts, from our six incunables to the very latest research. The Whipple Library exists primarily to support the teaching and research activities of the Department, but we also welcome and encourage users from other Departments and Faculties from around the University, as well as all with a scholarly interest in our collections.
The post involves a wide and varied range of library work, offering a good balance between routine tasks and responsive service. The range of duties typically includes responding to reader enquiries (in person, by email and by phone), day-to-day management of the circulation system (Ex Libris Alma), shared responsibility for cataloguing new acquisitions, coordinating reading lists and providing CLA-compliant scanned content for the Department's Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle), and helping to support the special collections service. As the role holder, you will also have opportunities to participate in outreach and engagement activities, including school visits and events during Open Cambridge and the Cambridge Festival, and will contribute to our exhibition programme and the Library special collections blog. Flexibility and the ability to prioritise tasks while maintaining good customer service are therefore essential to the role.
We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.
The Whipple Library is embedded in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and, along with the Whipple Museum, really is the laboratory of the Department. Our collections are broad, include material on a range of interdisciplinary topics, and span the history of Western printed texts, from our six incunables to the very latest research. The Whipple Library exists primarily to support the teaching and research activities of the Department, but we also welcome and encourage users from other Departments and Faculties from around the University, as well as all with a scholarly interest in our collections.
The post involves a wide and varied range of library work, offering a good balance between routine tasks and responsive service. The range of duties typically includes responding to reader enquiries (in person, by email and by phone), day-to-day management of the circulation system (Ex Libris Alma), shared responsibility for cataloguing new acquisitions, coordinating reading lists and providing CLA-compliant scanned content for the Department's Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle), and helping to support the special collections service. As the role holder, you will also have opportunities to participate in outreach and engagement activities, including school visits and events during Open Cambridge and the Cambridge Festival, and will contribute to our exhibition programme and the Library special collections blog. Flexibility and the ability to prioritise tasks while maintaining good customer service are therefore essential to the role.
We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.
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