Job Opening Title: Archives and Research Assistant
Institution/Organization Name: Tufts University
Job Location (City, State, Province, Country): Medford, MA
Application Deadline: until filled
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Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Please include instructions for how to apply.: Tufts University’s Digital Collections and Archives has an opening for a part-time Archives and Research Assistant available August 28, 2017. Applicants must be students currently enrolled in an Archives Management program with a graduation date of May 2018 or later, and have some knowledge or exposure to archives or special collection operations (through coursework or comparable experience). Applicants must be available to work 2 days per week Monday–Friday, 9-4:30.
Responsibilities include:
• Public Services: researching and responding to reference requests by phone and email; welcoming, orienting, and monitoring researchers in the reading room; fulfilling scanning and other digitization requests for patrons; retrieving and reshelving materials
• Collections Management: surveying, arranging, and describing collections; enhancing existing collection description; rehousing and basic preservation activities; stabilizing born-digital records on obsolete media
• Exhibit design and preparation
• Occasional administrative and office support tasks
Candidates should be capable of working fairly independently and comfortable juggling multiple tasks and demands. Excellent written and oral communication skills required. This is a graduate student position, so training will be provided, but relevant work experience is a plus. Compensation is $15 per hour.
Please submit your application, consisting of cover letter and resume, to Adrienne Pruitt, Collections Management Archivist, at adrienne.pruitt@tufts.edu. In your cover letter, please indicate your availability, including days and total hours per week you are available to work.
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