Please note, we are not hiring for Spring or Summer 2008.

The Special Collections unit of the Stockwell-Mudd Libraries is looking for student assistants. Students who can work 8-15 hours per week are preferred. This position is perfect for those interested either in the history of Albion College or the United Methodist Church in Michigan; historical research; archives; libraries; museum studies; rare books; preservation or conservation studies; or those majoring in history, english, art, or computer science.  A variety of work is available for the responsible and detail-oriented student, including but not limited to:

• Conservation of damaged library and rare books and archival material
• Preservation of archival collection materials
• Inventorying of archival collections
• Processing of archival collections
• Reorganization of archival collections
• Exhibit design and development
• Database development
• Data entry
• Photograph, document and rare books scanning
• Reference assistance
• Audiovisual reformatting
• Indexing of archival materials
• Filing

If you are interested, please fill out an application at the Library Circulation Desk, indicating that you are interested in archives work. If you have questions or want to know if there are any positions open currently, you can contact the Archivist, Jennie Thomas at ext. 0487 or archives@albion.edu.  For further information on Special Collections, please visit our homepage at http://www.albion.edu/library/specialcollections/news.asp