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Part time Library Assistant

Filed under GSLIS Jobs and Opportunities
Posted by GSLIS, June 12, 2008
View all posts for June 2008

Our client, a “consulting firm specializing in business strategy, principal investing, e-strategy, start-ups and merger integration” is looking for a part-time library assistant.

20-24 hours/week (spread across 3-5 days); June -December 2008 with possibility of longer term.

Job Responsibilities:

• Catalog and maintain small business collection of print resources
  
• Sort & deliver mail consisting of journals and newsletters
  
• Maintain small journal collection, as well as a small file of special issues of journals
  
• Searching for documents on the web as requested by consultants
  
• Assist other librarians in the creation and electronic distribution of several news alerts newsletters about our clients, competitors, and industry news
  
• Some reference assistance for consultants, like basic searches in our subscription databases
  
• Help cover absences of other librarians
  

Skills necessary:

• Comfortable using MS Word, Excel (very basic), PowerPoint (very basic), Office
• Good organizational skills and ability to juggle a few ongoing projects going on at the same time
• Internet search skills on primary search engines like Google, Yahoo, and others
• Some reference experience is a plus, especially business reference
• Experience using online subscription databases like Factiva, LexisNexis, Ebsco, Thomson Research, and others is a plus

Other:

No benefits like paid sick leave or vacation time, health insurance, etc.; however, full participation in department events and outings through the year is encouraged.

Please call Mary Holway or Deborah Devine at InfoCurrent:
617-292-7116, if you are interested in this position.

Mary Holway
Recruiting Manager
InfoCurrent Boston - InfoCurrent New York
Phone-617-292-7116
Fax-617-292-7112
mary.holway@infocurrent.com