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Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.

Job Description

Temporary Office Pool - Law Library Admin Assistant

The Law Library is looking to hire a temporary Admin Assistant who would handles a wide range of library support activities in a highly automated and computerized environment. The responsibilities for this position include:

+ providing assistance to patrons at the Law Library's Information Desk, including answering basic reference questions;

+ managing the University’s print management system;

+ participating in Law Library marketing and social media;

+ computer lab management;

+ shelving and stacks maintenance;

+ loose-leaf and microfiche filing;

+ assisting users with microform, scanning, and audiovisual equipment;

+ opening, sorting and distributing library mail; and

+ night and/or weekend supervisory responsibilities (one evening per week; two to three Saturdays per semester), which include opening and/or closing the Law Library building.

The position also entails utilizing the Law Library's integrated online system, Alma, for technical processing duties including cataloging, invoicing, receiving serials, and other processing operations. Additional responsibilities assigned to Law Library Assistants typically include one or more of the following:

+ bindery operations;course reserves processing;

+ microform processing;

+ government documents processing;

+ interlibrary loan/document delivery;

+ processing of added volumes;

+ support activities relating to collection development and acquisitions;

+ editing and updating Law Library web pages;

+ supporting the Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication Specialist in various projects; and

+ editing and producing the Law Library’s electronic newsletter.

This is a temporary, part-time, non-exempt position that will have a 29-hour-per-week. Specific hours can be determined during the hiring process. During the academic year, the Law Library hours are 7:30 AM–8:00 PM.

Competitive salary commensurate with relevant experience.

Requirements

+ College degree required;

+ strong organizational skills and attention to detail;

+ ability to work with complex library materials;

+ high degree of flexibility to handle changing priorities and schedules;

+ ability to work both independently and as a member of a team;

+ strong customer-service orientation;

+ willingness to take initiative;

+ well-developed computer skills and familiarity with integrated library systems, preferably Alma;

+ web publishing experience preferred; and

+ library experience preferred

Closing Statement

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

Boston College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected category, including disability and protected veteran status. Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination .