Description:
This position will provide support for public services and collection development activities of the History of Medicine Collections.
Responsibilities:
- Provides reference services for HoM users, including those who visit in person and those inquiring remotely.
- Assists with library instruction, such as meeting with instructors, selecting materials, teaching classes, and participating in instructional assessment.
- Assists with public programming and other outreach activities including exhibitions and social media.
- Assists with collection development activities such as catalog searching and collections intake.
- Assists librarians with special projects.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Learning Objectives:
- Become familiar with searching the library’s catalog
- Gain experience using LibApps to create reference tools such as a LibGuide
- Gain experience working with special collection materials and users in a variety of settings such as the classroom as well as the reading room
- Curate an exhibition
Qualifications:
It is the expectation that all Duke University Libraries staff members will demonstrate exceptional workplace behaviors in the execution of their specific position responsibilities. These behaviors are customer focus, collaboration, creative problem solving, continuous learning, and a commitment to creating a culture of inclusion that values and respects diversity of perspective, background, and experience.
Salary: $18.00