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Self-Help-History Collections-Graduate adjunct:Rice University

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Self-Help-History Collections-Graduate adjunct

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Advertising Department LAUPUS LIBRARY
Academic Term/Year Summer 2024
Position Title Self-Help-History Collections-Graduate adjunct
Posting Number 06142
Position Number 06142
Student Job Category Student - Self-Help Campus Job
Number of Vacancies 1
Job Description ECU Department of Laupus Library is currently seeking a Graduate Student adjunct.
The History Collections Graduate Student adjunct will engage in a variety of activities in support of the History Collections at Laupus Health Sciences Library. The adjunct will work most closely with the Archivist but will also interact professionally with employees all over the library. This employee will work with published materials and with unique manuscript materials. The Archivist will supervise and set priorities for the adjunct.

Specific tasks


Archives Projects
Process and rehouse collections
Enter materials into Archives-space
Contribute to our Born Digital preservation initiatives
Prepare obsolete media types for digital preservation
Assist with transcribing oral history interviews and adding metadata to the records.
Assist the Archivist with Exhibitions
Assistance with the curation of exhibits
Assist in exhibit/display design and label production
Help with needs related to the Medical History Interest Group lecture series and other events
Work with pop-up exhibits
Room set-up
Promotion
Manage virtual Q&A during hybrid events
Maintain 4th floor gallery space
Assist the Archivist with room set-up for 25Live events
Ensure chairs are in order in the gallery space on a everyday basis
Collections Projects
Perform inventories of the library's rare book collection
Carry out Health Science Library's gift processing procedures
Collaborate with Archivist and other library employees to describe and process Library materials
Assist clients who seek access to the History Collections
Represent Health Science Library's History Collections through person-to-person and telephone encounters
Assist the Archivist as needed.
Other projects as requested.

The prosperous candidate can work up to 10 hours per week and will be paid $15/hour.

Preferred (Majors, practice, GPA, etc.) The candidate must be enrolled in a graduate program for the Fall 2024 semester.
Good written and oral communications expertise required.
Detailed oriented and good organizational expertise.
Prior practice with or study of archives, history, museum studies, library and/or information science preferred.
practice with inventories, metadata, or digitization desirable.

Special Instructions to Applicant please upload resume online.

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Open Date 04/23/2024
Close Date 05/21/2024
Open Until Filled No

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Job Location: Houston, Texas
Address: Houston
Company Type Employer
Post Date: 04/23/2024 / Viewed 47 times
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Company: Rice University


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