Law Library Student Assistant
Role Overview
Responsible for providing access to the Law Library by assisting patrons at the Circulation Desk, with library technology, and with various services related to stack maintenance in the Law Library under the general supervision of the Access Services Coordinator, primarily during times when no full-time staffing is on duty.
Key Skills for This Role
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General Information
Law students are not permitted to work outside of the School of Law
Law students will earn a rate of $16.00 per hour
The maximum work-study award is $2,500 per academic year
Law students may earn up to the maximum of their work award, but are not obligated to earn the full amount of the award
The amount earned is dependent on the number of hours worked and the hourly pay rate
The maximum number of hours a student may work while school is in session is 20 hours/per week including all University jobs
Working during your scheduled class time is prohibited
A student may earn the FWS award at any pace; if the full amount awarded by the Financial Aid Office is earned before the end of the academic year, employers may ask the FWS employee to reduce their hours or stop working entirely
Students may earn up to the amount of their approved FWS award, but must discontinue working in a FWS-funded job once the maximum allotment is reached
It is the responsibility of both the student and hiring supervisor to ensure that students do not exceed their work-study limit
Once a student's award limit is reached, hours worked in excess of your award must be paid by your supervisor's department
Job Description:
Responsible for providing access to the Law Library by assisting patrons at the Circulation Desk, with library technology, and with various services related to stack maintenance in the Law Library under the general supervision of the Access Services Coordinator, primarily during times when no full-time staffing is on duty.
Special Skills Needed:
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to follow and enforce library policies.
- Effective communication skills.
- Sound independent judgment.
- Ability to work with the library’s integrated online library system.
- Ability to assist patrons with directional and other reference questions and to assist patrons with basic printing and library computer lab problems.
- Excellent work ethic.
- Ability to work without direct supervision.
Specific Duties May Include:
- Opening and closing the library most days during the school year.
- Retrieving Reserve collection materials for patrons.
- Checking circulating materials in and out on the library’s integrated online circulation system.
- Answering directional and other reference questions of a general nature for library patrons and assisting them in searching the WebCatalog for reference sources.
- Answering telephones, providing information about the library, directing calls, or taking messages for other library staff and administration.
- Filing loose-leaf releases.
- Shelving new and returned library materials.
- Maintaining stacks by performing shelf-reading, shifting of materials, and re-shelving materials as needed.
- Processing newspapers for the stack area of the library.
- Assisting patrons using microfilm/microfiche scanners.
- Assisting patrons with problems related to the library’s printers & photocopiers, including instruction on use, clearing paper jams, and reporting problems to the MediaTech and the Access Services staff as necessary.
- Providing patrons with help with minor software and hardware problems or connecting them to MediaTech for more complex issues.
- During hours when no full-time staffing is on duty, evaluating and addressing problems within the library and reporting unresolved problems to the appropriate office on campus or library personnel at home (Security, Facilities, the Access Services Coordinator, Associate Law Librarian, or Director of the Law Library)
- Such other duties as are assigned.
Department Information
Contact Name Erin Orsini Access Services Coordinator Law Library Phone Number 401-254-4548 E-mail [email protected]
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